EUTELSAT

NORAD 28946 · COSPAR 2006-007B · INACTIVE

Orbit: #7105 @ 36374 x 36429 km x 1.2309 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-07-27 12:53 UTC Â· 10944.6 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

EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13E
1 28946U 06007B 25208.53716797 -.00000078 00000+0 00000+0 0 9998
2 28946 1.2309 89.4740 0006408 181.6322 159.3439 0.98117102 71055

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

March 11th 2006

Spacecraft age

20 years, 7 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Hisdesat/Ministry of Defense

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

GEO

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5

Contractor

Space Systems/Loral

Launch mass

3,680 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

1.2309Â°

Period

1467.63 min

Perigee

36374 km

Apogee

36429 km

Eccentricity

0.0006408

RAAN

89.474Â°

Arg of Perigee

181.6322Â°

Mean Motion

0.98117102 rev/d