XTAR-EUR

NORAD 28542 · COSPAR 2005-005A · INACTIVE

Orbit: #7539 @ 36133 x 36163 km x 3.6118 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-09-11 11:34 UTC Â· 9865 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Current TLE

// celestrak

XTAR-EUR
1 28542U 05005A 25254.48219996 -.00000054 00000+0 00000+0 0 9995
2 28542 3.6118 80.1778 0003521 104.2548 256.1642 0.98995751 75391

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

February 12th 2005

Spacecraft age

21 years, 8 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Ministry of Defense/XTAR

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

GEO

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5 ECA

Contractor

Space Systems/Loral

Launch mass

3,631 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

3.6118Â°

Period

1454.61 min

Perigee

36133 km

Apogee

36163 km

Eccentricity

0.0003521

RAAN

80.1778Â°

Arg of Perigee

104.2548Â°

Mean Motion

0.98995751 rev/d