● ORBIT ING-NOW

INTELSAT

NORAD 24916 · COSPAR 1997-046A · INACTIVE
Orbit: #9891 @ 36115 x 36157 km x 8.9307 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-08-17 04:35 UTC · 18849.6 h old

Orbit history

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

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
INTELSAT 5 (IS-5)
1 24916U 97046A 24230.19142111 -.00000142 00000+0 00000+0 0 9995
2 24916 8.9307 54.9674 0004880 143.7417 203.4286 0.99038359 98911
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
August 28th 1997
Spacecraft age
29 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Intelsat S.A.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Proton K
Contractor
Hughes Space and Communications Co.
Launch mass
2,730 kg
Power
9,700.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
8.9307°
Period
1453.98 min
Perigee
36115 km
Apogee
36157 km
Eccentricity
0.000488
RAAN
54.9674°
Arg of Perigee
143.7417°
Mean Motion
0.99038359 rev/d