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Orbit:
#6018 @ 35777 x 35796 km x 1.8032 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-26 22:01 UTC
·
7.2 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Longitude
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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
// onowactive
ASTRA 3B
1 36581U 10021A 26299.91764131 .00000150 00000-0 00000-0 0 09993
2 36581 1.8032 81.7267 0002235 100.9899 206.4010 1.00271036060186
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
May 21st 2010
Spacecraft age
16 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
SES S.A.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ECA
Contractor
EADS Astrium
Launch mass
5,471
kg
Power
10,000.00
W
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
1.8032°
Period
1436.11
min
Perigee
35777
km
Apogee
35796
km
Eccentricity
0.0002235
RAAN
81.7267°
Arg of Perigee
100.9899°
Mean Motion
1.00271036
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