List of Galileo satellites
This is a list of past and present satellites of the Galileo navigation system.
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As of August 2023, 28 Galileo (4 IOV "In Orbit Validation" and 24 FOC "Full Operational Capability") satellites have been launched. The 2 GIOVE prototype vehicles were retired in 2012, 23 satellites are operational, 1 is not available and 4 are currently not usable.
The remaining 10 FOC satellites have completed manufacturing and testing. They are currently in storage awaiting launch by Ariane 6.[1]
FOC satellites were awarded and built in several batches by OHB in Bremen, Germany, with the contribution of Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in Guildford, United Kingdom.[2][3]
- Batch-1 consists of 14 FOC satellites (Galileo-FOC FM1 to Galileo-FOC FM14)
- Batch-2 consists of 8 FOC satellites (Galileo-FOC FM15 to Galileo-FOC FM22)
- Batch-3 consists of 12 FOC satellites (Galileo-FOC FM23 to Galileo-FOC FM34)
In parallel to Batch-3's completion, the new Galileo Second Generation (G2G) satellites, featuring electric propulsion, enhanced navigation signals and capabilities, inter-satellite links and reconfigurability in space, in 2021 were in development by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Airbus Defence and Space, with their deployment expected to begin by late 2024.[2][4][5][6][7]
Satellites
Each satellite is named after a child that won the European Commission's Galileo drawing competition. One winner was selected from each member state of the European Union.[8]
Refer to Galileo Constellation Information for the most up-to-date information on the constellation status.
# | Satellite | Name (nickname) |
Launch date (UTC) |
Launch site |
Launch vehicle |
Flight name |
PRN | Orb. slot |
Clock type |
FOC block |
Status | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | GIOVE-A | GSAT0001 | 28/12/2005 05:19 |
Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
Soyuz-FG/ Fregat |
P15000-015 | Test | Test | RAFS | – | Retired 30/06/2012 |
Developed with the main goal of claiming the frequencies allocated to Galileo by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some technology demonstration. |
– | GIOVE-B | GSAT0002 | 26/04/2008 22:16 |
Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
Soyuz-FG/ Fregat |
P15000-016 | Test | Test | PHM | – | Retired 23/07/2012 |
Similar goal to GIOVE-A, but with higher fidelity signals. |
1 | Galileo-IOV FM1 | GSAT0101![]() |
21/10/2011 10:30 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-01 | E11 | B05 | RAFS | – | Operational | IOV (In Orbit Validation) vehicles were used for signal validation.[9] Healthy spacecraft are considered part of the operative fleet. |
2 | Galileo-IOV FM2 | GSAT0102![]() |
E12 | B06 | PHM | – | Operational | |||||
3 | Galileo-IOV FM3 | GSAT0103![]() |
12/10/2012 18:15 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-03 | E19 | C04 | PHM | – | Operational | |
4 | Galileo-IOV FM4 | GSAT0104![]() |
E20 | C14 | RAFS | – | Not available | Payload power problem beginning on 27/05/2014 led to permanent loss of E5 and E6 transmissions, currently no E1 transmission.[10] | ||||
5 | Galileo-FOC FM1 | GSAT0201![]() |
22/08/2014 12:27 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-09 | E18 | Ext01 | PHM | 1 | Not usable | Launched into incorrect orbit, moved to usable orbit.[11] Broadcasting service test since 05/08/2016. Currently not usable since 18/02/2021 until further notice as some brands of commercial receiver have difficulty calculating their orbit.[12][13] |
6 | Galileo-FOC FM2 | GSAT0202![]() |
E14 | Ext02 | PHM | 1 | Not usable | |||||
7 | Galileo-FOC FM3 | GSAT0203![]() |
27/03/2015 21:46 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-11 | E26 | B08 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |
8 | Galileo-FOC FM4 | GSAT0204![]() |
E22 | B14 | RAFS | 1 | Not usable | Removed from active service on 08/12/2017 until further notice for constellation management purposes.[14] | ||||
9 | Galileo-FOC FM5 | GSAT0205![]() |
11/09/2015 02:08 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-12 | E24 | A08 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |
10 | Galileo-FOC FM6 | GSAT0206![]() |
E30 | A05 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
11 | Galileo-FOC FM8 | GSAT0208![]() |
17/12/2015 11:51 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-13 | E08 | C07 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |
12 | Galileo-FOC FM9 | GSAT0209![]() |
E09 | C02 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
13 | Galileo-FOC FM10 | GSAT0210![]() |
24/05/2016 08:48 |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-15[15] | E01 | A02 | PHM | 1 | Not usable | Unavailable from 2023-04-30 until further notice.[16] |
14 | Galileo-FOC FM11 | GSAT0211![]() |
E02 | A06 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
15 | Galileo-FOC FM7 | GSAT0207![]() |
17/11/2016 13:06 |
Kourou, ELA-3 |
Ariane 5 ES | VA233[17] | E07 | C06 | PHM | 1 | Operational | Launched using a new dispenser allowing for insertion of four satellites at once.[18] |
16 | Galileo-FOC FM12 | GSAT0212![]() |
E03 | C08 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
17 | Galileo-FOC FM13 | GSAT0213![]() |
E04 | C03 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
18 | Galileo-FOC FM14 | GSAT0214![]() |
E05 | C01 | PHM | 1 | Operational | |||||
19 | Galileo-FOC FM15 | GSAT0215![]() |
12/12/2017 18:36 |
Kourou, ELA-3 |
Ariane 5 ES | VA-240[19] | E21 | A03 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |
20 | Galileo-FOC FM16 | GSAT0216![]() |
E25 | A07 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
21 | Galileo-FOC FM17 | GSAT0217![]() |
E27 | A04 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
22 | Galileo-FOC FM18 | GSAT0218![]() |
E31 | A01 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
23 | Galileo-FOC FM19 | GSAT0219![]() |
25/07/2018 11:25 |
Kourou, ELA-3 |
Ariane 5 ES | VA-244[20] | E36 | B04 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |
24 | Galileo-FOC FM20 | GSAT0220![]() |
E13 | B01 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
25 | Galileo-FOC FM21 | GSAT0221![]() |
E15 | B02 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
26 | Galileo-FOC FM22 | GSAT0222![]() |
E33 | B07 | PHM | 2 | Operational | |||||
27 | Galileo-FOC FM23 | GSAT0223![]() |
05/12/2021 00:19[21] |
Kourou, ELS |
Soyuz ST-B/ Fregat-MT |
VS-26[22] | E34 | B03 | PHM | 3 | Operational | |
28 | Galileo-FOC FM24 | GSAT0224![]() |
E10 | B15 | PHM | 3 | Operational | |||||
Scheduled launches | ||||||||||||
29 | Galileo-FOC FM25 | GSAT0225![]() |
2024[23] | TBD | TBD | 3 | Planned | |||||
30 | Galileo-FOC FM26 | GSAT0226![]() |
3 | Planned | ||||||||
31 | Galileo-FOC FM27 | GSAT0227 | TBD | TBD | TBD | 3 | Planned | |||||
32 | Galileo-FOC FM28 | GSAT0228 | 3 | Planned | ||||||||
33 | Galileo-FOC FM29 | GSAT0229 | TBD | Kourou, ELA-4 |
Ariane 62 | 3 | Planned | |||||
34 | Galileo-FOC FM30 | GSAT0230 | 3 | Planned | ||||||||
35 | Galileo-FOC FM31 | GSAT0231 | TBD | Kourou, ELA-4 |
Ariane 62 | 3 | Planned | |||||
36 | Galileo-FOC FM32 | GSAT0232 | 3 | Planned | ||||||||
37 | Galileo-FOC FM33 | GSAT0233 | TBD | Kourou, ELA-4 |
Ariane 62 | 3 | Planned | |||||
38 | Galileo-FOC FM34 | GSAT0234 | 3 | Planned | Last satellite purchased for the FOC block. | |||||||
References: European GNSS Service Centre;[25][26] Gunter's Space Page.[27][28] |
Summary table
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Block | Launch period |
Satellite launches | In operation and healthy | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full success | Failure | Planned | ||||
GIOVE | 2005 – 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
IOV | 2011 – 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
FOC | 2014 – 2026 | 22 | 2[lower-greek 1] | 10 | 20 | |
G2G | From 2026 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 28 | 2 | 22 | 23 | ||
|
Orbital slots
Refer to Galileo Constellation Information for the most up-to-date information.
Slot | Plane | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | Ext | |
01 | 0218 | 0220 | 0214 | (0201) |
02 | (0210) | 0221 | 0209 | (0202) |
03 | 0215 | 0223 | 0213 | |
04 | 0217 | 0219 | 0103 | |
05 | 0206 | 0101 | ||
06 | 0211 | 0102 | 0207 | |
07 | 0216 | 0222 | 0208 | |
08 | 0205 | 0203 | 0212 | |
09 | ||||
10 | ||||
11 | ||||
12 | ||||
13 | ||||
14 | (0204) | (0104) | ||
15 | 0224 | |||
16 | ||||
17 | ||||
18 | ||||
Numbers in parentheses refer to unavailable satellites. Satellite 0104 is not used for the Galileo Open Service, but only for the SAR/Galileo service. |
See also
References
- "ESTEC says goodbye to Galileo 1st Generation satellites". GPS World. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "Galileo FOC Series". eoPortal Directory. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "12 things you never knew about Galileo satellites". ESA. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "ESA signs contract for new generation of Galileo". ESA. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "ESA signs contract for new generation of Galileo". Airbus. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Galileo". Airbus. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Thales Alenia Space will play a major role on-board Galileo 2nd Generation and will boost performances and cybersecurity for the constellation". Thales Alenia Space. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- "Galileo Drawing Competition". EC. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Galileo IOV Factsheet" (PDF). ESA. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "Notice Advisory to Galileo Users (NAGU) 2014014". EUSPA. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
Galileo Satellite GSAT0104 (all signals) is unavailable since 2014-05-27 beginning 12:30 UTC, until further notice
- "Galileo satellite recovered and transmitting navigation signals". ESA. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "Notice Advisory to Galileo Users (NAGU) 2021008". EUSPA. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
Galileo auxiliary satellites GSAT0201 and GSAT0202 are unavailable since 2021-02-18 beginning 09:30 UTC, due to a temporary setting of the fnav and inav health bits to unhealthy, until further notice
- "Galileo Elliptical Auxiliary Satellites Removed from Service". Inside GNSS. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Notice Advisory to Galileo Users (NAGU) 2017045". EUSPA. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
Galileo satellite GSAT0204 not contributing to service provision (all signals) since 2017-12-08 until further notice
- "VS15 Galileo FOC-M5 SAT 13-14" (PDF). arianespace. May 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Notice Advisory to Galileo Users (NAGU) 2023032". EUSPA. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
Galileo satellite GSAT0210 (all signals) is unavailable since 2023-04-30 beginning 00:52 until further notice
- "VA233 Galileo FOC-M6 SAT 15-16-17-18" (PDF). arianespace. November 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Ariane 5: Accommodating Galileo". myinternalreferral.com. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
First of all, we are having to design a new dispenser to accommodate the four satellites in the best way possible, optimising the way the loads transmitted by the launcher are filtered out" explains Marie-Paule Gense, head of development programmes for the Ariane 5 ECA and ES versions at Les Mureaux "Nothing similar exists in this configuration
- "VA240 Galileo FOC-M7 SAT 19-20-21-22" (PDF). arianespace. December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "VA244 Galileo FOC-M8 SAT 23-24-25-26" (PDF). arianespace. July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Two new satellites mark further enlargement of Galileo". ESA. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- "VS26 Galileo FOC-M9 SAT 27-28" (PDF). arianespace. December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- Berger, Eric (18 April 2023). "Europe's Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy disaster". Ars Technica. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- "Galileo Drawing Competition: Winners from Croatia, Norway and Switzerland". EC. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
The winners from Croatia, Norway and Switzerland have been announced in the European Commission's Galileo Drawing Competition
- "Constellation Information". EUSPA. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- "Orbital and Technical Parameters". EUSPA. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Galileo-IOV". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Galileo-FOC". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 11 December 2017.