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GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 40128)
Track GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) (NORAD catalog number 40128) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It has been on orbit since 2014, launched on the 50th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2014-050A). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 7,983 revolutions of Earth.
Its speed swings from 3.18 km/s at apogee to 4.47 km/s at perigee. GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) operates in medium Earth orbit at roughly 16,891–26,322 km altitude, taking about 12.9 hours per revolution (1.86 orbits a day). The orbit is strongly elliptical (eccentricity 0.1686): each revolution swings from 16,891 km at perigee out to 26,322 km at apogee. Inclined 48.8° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 49° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 270.1°.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | medium Earth orbit (MEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~16,891 km × 26,322 km |
| Inclination | 48.79° |
| Orbital period | 776.2 min (1.86 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.16856 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2014-050A |
| NORAD catalog number | 40128 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Navigation group
GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) is part of Europe's Galileo fleet — one of 173 global-navigation satellites in the WatchSat catalog across GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. GNSS spacecraft broadcast precise time signals from orbits around 20,000 km up; a phone fixes its position by comparing several of them at once. See the whole navigation group live in 3D.
Can you see GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) is far beyond unaided visibility — following satellites this high takes a telescope and good timing. You can still track it precisely in the live 3D view above, or check pass predictions for your location.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of GSAT0201 (GALILEO 5) in the Navigation group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- GSAT0202 (GALILEO 6) (NORAD 40129)
- NAVSTAR 71 (USA 256) (NORAD 40105)
- COSMOS 2500 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 40001)
- NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) (NORAD 40294)
- COSMOS 2501 [GLONASS-K] (NORAD 40315)
- GSAT-16 (NORAD 40332)
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