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GSTAR 3, 19483

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSTAR 3, 19483 is a payload satellite owned by GTE (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 08 Sep 1988 UTC via an ARIANE 3 launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

19483, 1988-081A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

GTE Spacenet Corp (US)

Manufacturer

GE/East Windsor

Mission

Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

AS3000, TE-M-700-17

Mass

1,243 kg wet, ~370 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1988-09-08 (37 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 3

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 14.3 m

Radar Cross Section

6.702 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 GSTAR 3
1 19483U 88081A   25186.37844898 -.00000094  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 19483  11.6777 321.0479 0007920 194.6610 159.0110  1.00272349131119

Epoch: 2025-07-05T09:04Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T09:04:57.991Z)

Latitude

-1.28239°

Longitude

-104.9865°

Altitude

35,817.303 km

Speed

3.072 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 59m 29s

True Declination

-1° 16' 52"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-5.77879°

Longitude

110.46296°

Altitude

35,754.803 km

Speed

3.077 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 21m 00s

Apparent Declination

-12° 38' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:23:20

Azimuth

180.717° SSW

Elevation

37.431°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,820.838 km

Perigee altitude

35,754.048 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.58 km

Eccentricity

0.00079

Inclination

11.6777°

RAAN

321.0479°

Arg. of periapsis

194.661°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

159.011°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.14 mins

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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 1988 (1988-09-08 UTC)

SBS 5, 19484

ARIANE 3 R/B, 19485 (Decayed)

ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA), 19487 (Decayed)

ARIANE 3 DEB, 19560 (Decayed)

ARIANE 3 DEB, 26491 (Decayed)

GSTAR 3 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-07-05 23:26:59.499Z	180.717° SSW	2025-07-06 15:28:59.499Z	180.207° SSW	40.009°	2025-07-06 23:26:59.499Z	180.729° SSW

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