● ORBIT ING-NOW

ASTRA

NORAD 23842 · COSPAR 1996-021A · INACTIVE
Orbit: #3180 @ 36100 x 36125 km x 0.1836 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2020-11-07 18:04 UTC · 52145.3 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
ASTRA 1F
1 23842U 96021A 20312.75299840 -.00000226 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
2 23842 0.1836 85.1591 0002988 123.9510 67.6347 0.99119708 31805
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
April 18th 1996
Spacecraft age
30 years, 6 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
SES S.A.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Proton K
Contractor
Hughes Space and Communications Co.
Launch mass
3,010 kg
Power
4,400 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
0.1836°
Period
1452.79 min
Perigee
36100 km
Apogee
36125 km
Eccentricity
0.0002988
RAAN
85.1591°
Arg of Perigee
123.951°
Mean Motion
0.99119708 rev/d