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23842
· COSPAR
1996-021A
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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
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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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
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
April 18th 1996
Spacecraft age
30 years, 6 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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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
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