GALILEO 18 (26E)

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/41862

  • Navigation satellite
  • NORAD 41862
  • 2016-069D
  • Medium Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where GALILEO 18 (26E) is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Atlantic Ocean

Orbit ends over Malaysia

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In view from you

Nobody watches GALILEO 18 (26E) go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for GALILEO 18 (26E), so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is far too high and too faint for the naked eye. What you notice of it is a position fix, and the card above says whether it is above your horizon to give you one.

Summary

Over the Indian Ocean LIVE

Where is GALILEO 18 (26E)?

At 8:57:07 PM UTC GALILEO 18 (26E) was over the Indian Ocean (43.9° S, 105.2° E), 23,235 km up, moving at 3.67 km/s and in sunlight.

What is GALILEO 18 (26E)?

A navigation satellite in medium Earth orbit, one of the 27 navigation satellites of the Galileo constellation.

Can I see GALILEO 18 (26E)?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for GALILEO 18 (26E), and nothing here estimates one; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.

General

GALILEO 18 (26E) is one of the 27 navigation satellites of the Galileo constellation. See every Galileo satellite and how many are above you right now.

Known to its operator as
GSAT0214
Typical altitude
23,100 to 23,300 km

Latest orbital data

Position received
8:57 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
8:57 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
43.9° S, 105.2° E
Altitude
23,235 km
Speed
3.67 km/s (13,208 km/h)
Course
north-east
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
55.6°
Orbital period
844.7 minutes
Orbits per day
1.7
This orbit
23,217 to 23,228 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 7,540 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Sep 16, 2026, 12:47 AM, 2 days old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 16, 2026, 12:47 AM, 2 days old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for GALILEO 18 (26E), so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
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Beside the others

ConstellationSatellitesTypical altitudeOrbital periodPlanesOperator
Galileo2723,100 to 23,300 km845 minutes—EUSPA, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme
GPS3220,000 to 20,400 km718 minutes6The United States Space Force
BeiDou3721,450 to 21,600 km773 minutes—The China Satellite Navigation Office
GLONASS2219,050 to 19,200 km676 minutes—Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Sep 16, 2026, 12:47 AM, 2 days old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "GALILEO 18 (26E)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2016-069D",
  "EPOCH": "2026-09-16T00:47:45.229632",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.70474217,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00018133,
  "INCLINATION": 55.5513,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 98.5663,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 2.4237,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 357.6485,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 41862,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 6119,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 4e-8,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}