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ASTRA 1L, 31306

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ASTRA 1L, 31306 is a payload satellite owned by SES (LU) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 04 May 2007 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA 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

31306, 2007-016A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

SES S.A. (LU / SES)

Manufacturer

LMCSS

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

A2100AX, LEROS

Mass

4,505 kg wet, 2,254 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2007-05-04 (18 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 27 m

Radar Cross Section

56.761 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 ASTRA 1L
1 31306U 07016A   25128.18288959  .00000123  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 31306   0.2779  78.9588 0003086 324.7942 267.7510  1.00270216 65988

Epoch: 2025-05-08T04:23Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T04:23:21.66Z)

Latitude

-0.20399°

Longitude

19.37051°

Altitude

35,787.064 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 45m 52s

True Declination

0° 12' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.25684°

Longitude

-126.85511°

Altitude

35,793.25 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 21m 29s

Apparent Declination

-4° 54' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:42:46

Azimuth

65.934° ENE

Elevation

-32.881°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,801.118 km

Perigee altitude

35,775.093 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.242 km

Eccentricity

0.0003086

Inclination

0.2779°

RAAN

78.9588°

Arg. of periapsis

324.7942°

True anomaly

267.71566°

Mean anomaly

267.751°

Eccentric anomaly

267.73333°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.17 mins

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Other satellites on launch #16 in the year 2007 (2007-05-04 UTC)

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ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 31309 (Decayed)

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