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GSAT 18, 41793

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSAT 18, 41793 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Oct 2016 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

41793, 2016-060A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

I3K, ISRO LAM

Mass

3,404 kg wet, ~1,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-10-05 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 15.5 m

Radar Cross Section

13.026 m²

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GSAT 18
1 41793U 16060A   25181.51111490 -.00000077  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 41793   0.0247 256.4971 0004652 170.5410 109.7443  1.00271202 32006

Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:16:00.327Z)

Latitude

-0.00376°

Longitude

74.02635°

Altitude

35,792.831 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 47m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.00344°

Longitude

-137.80268°

Altitude

35,790.401 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 40m 28s

Apparent Declination

-4° 56' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:43:54

Azimuth

1.494° NNE

Elevation

-55.022°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,807.444 km

Perigee altitude

35,768.213 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.966 km

Eccentricity

0.00047

Inclination

0.0247°

RAAN

256.4971°

Arg. of periapsis

170.541°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

109.7443°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #60 in the year 2016 (2016-10-05 UTC)

SKY MUSTER 2, 41794

ARIANE 5 R/B, 41795

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 41796 (Decayed)

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