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TELSTAR 18V, 43611

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TELSTAR 18V, 43611 is a payload satellite owned by Telesat/Skynet (CA) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 10 Sep 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

43611, 2018-069A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Telesat (CA)

Manufacturer

Maxar SSL

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

7,060 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-09-10 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 26.1 m

Radar Cross Section

120.644 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 TELSTAR 18V
1 43611U 18069A   25193.73061896 -.00000285  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 43611   0.0174 310.0026 0002414 165.5406 216.3316  1.00270565 25228

Epoch: 2025-07-12T17:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-12T17:32:05.478Z)

Latitude

-0.00979°

Longitude

137.97665°

Altitude

35,794.666 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 07m 27s

True Declination

0° 00' 35"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.00754°

Longitude

32.15574°

Altitude

35,790.092 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 41m 40s

Apparent Declination

-5° 13' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:51:37

Azimuth

288.03° WNW

Elevation

-27.948°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.186 km

Perigee altitude

35,777.828 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.144 km

Eccentricity

0.00024

Inclination

0.0174°

RAAN

310.0026°

Arg. of periapsis

165.5406°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

216.3316°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.17 mins

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