Geostationary
SYRACUSE 4B
Military Communications · French Ministry of Defence / Thales Alenia
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The companion to Syracuse-4A, completing France's next-generation military communications pair. Together they provide France with the most capable European-independent military satellite communications system, supporting the full range of French defense activities from nuclear deterrence to special operations. France and Germany are the only European nations operating fully independent strategic military satellite constellations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,243 mi (35,794–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 57214
- Int’l designator
- 2023-093B
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.