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SATCOM 4, 13035

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SATCOM 4, 13035 is a payload satellite owned by RCA Americom (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 16 Jan 1982 UTC via a DELTA 3910/PAM 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

13035, 1982-004A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

SES S.A. (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SATCOM, TE-M-700-8

Mass

1,082 kg wet, ~554 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1982-01-16 (43 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 3910/PAM

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 15.78 m

Radar Cross Section

8.719 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 SATCOM 4
1 13035U 82004A   25193.13115673 -.00000126  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 13035  13.1284 337.9499 0047648 191.3422 168.6087  0.99596940121818

Epoch: 2025-07-12T03:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-12T03:08:51.941Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

0.50204°

Altitude

36,173.867 km

Speed

3.054 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 31m 57s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

12.23086°

Longitude

68.60584°

Altitude

36,082.954 km

Speed

3.06 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 30m 09s

Apparent Declination

6° 33' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:17:52

Azimuth

73.189° E

Elevation

-9.384°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,179.649 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.014 km

Semi-major axis

42,355.968 km

Eccentricity

0.00476

Inclination

13.1284°

RAAN

337.9499°

Arg. of periapsis

191.3422°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

168.6087°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24898 °/min

Orbital period

1,445.88 mins

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