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GSAT 17, 42815

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSAT 17, 42815 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 28 Jun 2017 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

42815, 2017-040B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

I3K, ISRO LAM

Mass

3,477 kg wet, ~1,400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-06-28 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 20 m

Radar Cross Section

15.081 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GSAT 17
1 42815U 17040B   25194.15007308 -.00000249  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 42815   0.0571  98.1039 0001682 160.3813 180.3191  1.00271219 29472

Epoch: 2025-07-13T03:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-13T03:36:06.314Z)

Latitude

-0.0076°

Longitude

93.50586°

Altitude

35,793.351 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 15m 14s

True Declination

0° 00' 27"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.07121°

Longitude

-158.97799°

Altitude

35,784.117 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 17m 39s

Apparent Declination

-4° 54' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:10:52

Azimuth

332.373° NNW

Elevation

-51.89°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,794.916 km

Perigee altitude

35,780.732 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.961 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

0.0571°

RAAN

98.1039°

Arg. of periapsis

160.3813°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

180.3191°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 2017 (2017-06-28 UTC)

HELLAS-SAT 3, 42814

ARIANE 5 R/B, 42816

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 42817

GSAT 17 Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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