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42951
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2017-059B
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Orbit:
#3296 @ 35784 x 35790 km x 0.0786 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-11 02:03 UTC
·
22.9 h old
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Velocity
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Orbit history
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Current TLE
// onowactive
BSAT-4A
1 42951U 17059B 26284.08586361 -.00000356 00000-0 00000-0 0 09997
2 42951 0.0786 54.8140 0000759 34.4632 71.1688 1.00270949032962
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🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
September 29th 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Broadcasting Satellite System Corp.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5
Contractor
Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass
3,520
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
0.0786°
Period
1436.11
min
Perigee
35784
km
Apogee
35790
km
Eccentricity
7.59E-5
RAAN
54.814°
Arg of Perigee
34.4632°
Mean Motion
1.00270949
rev/d