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GSAT0212 (GALILEO 16)
European Navigation Satellite (Galileo) · ESA / European Commission
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GSAT0212 (Galileo 16), part of the same historic November 2016 quadruple Galileo launch, contributed to a single mission that added more satellites to the constellation in one shot than any Galileo launch before it — a deliberate acceleration as Europe pushed to reach Full Operational Capability years ahead of the pace set by the earlier twin-satellite Soyuz launches. The four-satellite Ariane 5 launch method proved so much more efficient than the earlier twin-satellite Soyuz approach that Europe used it for nearly every remaining Galileo deployment, dramatically compressing what had originally been projected as a much slower constellation build-out.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 14,427–14,441 mi (23,218–23,241 km)
- Inclination
- 55.6°
- One orbit
- 14.1 hours1.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41860
- Int’l designator
- 2016-069B
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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