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DIRECTV 15, 40663

Orbit data source: Space-Track

DIRECTV 15, 40663 is a payload satellite owned by DirecTV (US) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 27 May 2015 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

40663, 2015-026A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

AT&T (US)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

EUROSTAR 3000, R-4D?

Mass

6,205 kg wet, 3,381 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-05-27 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 45 m

Radar Cross Section

49.053 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 DIRECTV 15
1 40663U 15026A   25182.83227424 -.00000097  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 40663   0.0160  50.1136 0000162 350.6148  76.1411  1.00269544 36954

Epoch: 2025-07-01T19:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T19:58:28.494Z)

Latitude

0.03148°

Longitude

-102.858°

Altitude

35,786.544 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 47m 31s

True Declination

0° 01' 53"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.01963°

Longitude

35.62223°

Altitude

35,787.281 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 02m 38s

Apparent Declination

-6° 15' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:52:26

Azimuth

176.49° S

Elevation

43.769°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,788.977 km

Perigee altitude

35,787.61 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.431 km

Eccentricity

0.00002

Inclination

0.016°

RAAN

50.1136°

Arg. of periapsis

350.6148°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

76.1411°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.18 mins

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Other satellites on launch #26 in the year 2015 (2015-05-27 UTC)

SKY MEXICO-1, 40664

ARIANE 5 R/B, 40665

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 40666 (Decayed)

DIRECTV 15 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-07-02 05:10:54.648Z	176.491° S	2025-07-02 21:20:54.648Z	176.494° S	34.695°	2025-07-03 05:10:54.648Z	176.508° S

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