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2001-025A
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Orbit:
#8426 @ 36114 x 36158 km x 6.3726 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2024-06-18 13:25 UTC
·
20326.3 h old
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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 2C
1 26853U 01025A 24170.55938566 .00000049 00000+0 00000+0 0 9994
2 26853 6.3726 72.0304 0005081 346.5502 264.2232 0.99038108 84264
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
June 16th 2001
Spacecraft age
25 years, 3 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
Boeing Satellite Systems
Launch mass
3,643
kg
Power
7,000.00
W
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
6.3726°
Period
1453.99
min
Perigee
36114
km
Apogee
36158
km
Eccentricity
0.0005081
RAAN
72.0304°
Arg of Perigee
346.5502°
Mean Motion
0.99038108
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