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2017-025A
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Orbit:
#3446 @ 35785 x 35788 km x 0.0144 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-13 12:35 UTC
·
15.9 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
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
// onowactive
INMARSAT 5-F4
1 42698U 17025A 26286.52469003 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09997
2 42698 0.0144 216.0426 0000325 320.1791 91.2750 1.00272045034466
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
May 15th 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years, 4 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
INMARSAT, Ltd.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Boeing Corp.
Launch mass
6,086
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
0.0144°
Period
1436.09
min
Perigee
35785
km
Apogee
35788
km
Eccentricity
3.25E-5
RAAN
216.0426°
Arg of Perigee
320.1791°
Mean Motion
1.00272045
rev/d