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TELECOM 1A, 15159

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TELECOM 1A, 15159 is a payload satellite owned by France Telecom (FR) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 04 Aug 1984 UTC via an ARIANE 3 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

15159, 1984-081B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Orange S.A. (FR)

Manufacturer

MATRA

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

ECS, MAGE 2

Mass

1,190 kg wet, 529 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1984-08-04 (41 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 3

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 15.96 m

Radar Cross Section

8.270 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 TELECOM 1A
1 15159U 84081B   25122.51350318 -.00000101  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 15159  13.2116 336.7103 0035721  45.2098 312.3754  0.98395211114566

Epoch: 2025-05-02T12:19Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-02T12:19:26.674Z)

Latitude

-0.60817°

Longitude

-71.45615°

Altitude

36,218.079 km

Speed

3.063 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 16m 17s

True Declination

0° 36' 27"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

12.63654°

Longitude

3.72976°

Altitude

36,184.302 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 29m 58s

Apparent Declination

8° 00' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:35:37

Azimuth

133.587° SE

Elevation

49.142°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,474.516 km

Perigee altitude

36,169.458 km

Semi-major axis

42,700.124 km

Eccentricity

0.0035721

Inclination

13.2116°

RAAN

336.7103°

Arg. of periapsis

45.2098°

True anomaly

312.0721°

Mean anomaly

312.3754°

Eccentric anomaly

312.22384°

Mean motion

0.24598 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1463.53 mins

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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 1984 (1984-08-04 UTC)

EUTE 1-F2 (ECS 2), 15158

ARIANE 3 R/B, 15165 (Decayed)

ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA), 15166

TELECOM 1A 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	2025-05-03 17:48:34.859Z	133.605° SE	2025-05-04 17:48:34.859Z	144.493° SSE	38.473°	2025-05-04 17:48:34.859Z	144.493° SSE

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