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TELECOM 1C, 18952

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TELECOM 1C, 18952 is a payload satellite owned by France Telecom (FR) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 11 Mar 1988 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

18952, 1988-018B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

Orange S.A. (FR)

Manufacturer

MATRA

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

ECS, MAGE 2

Mass

1,213 kg wet, ~525 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1988-03-11 (37 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 3

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 8.0 m

Radar Cross Section

15.015 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 TELECOM 1C
1 18952U 88018B   25206.47538682 -.00000080  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 18952  15.2016 351.6982 0102055 147.3372 209.2618  0.97957248112245

Epoch: 2025-07-25T11:24Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-25T11:24:33.421Z)

Latitude

-1.05137°

Longitude

-126.69803°

Altitude

36,831.365 km

Speed

3.024 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 11m 28s

True Declination

-1° 03' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-6.33297°

Longitude

81.23909°

Altitude

36,210.899 km

Speed

3.068 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 50m 20s

Apparent Declination

-12° 59' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:46:29

Azimuth

213.334° SW

Elevation

30.606°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,886.209 km

Perigee altitude

36,012.061 km

Semi-major axis

42,827.272 km

Eccentricity

0.01021

Inclination

15.2016°

RAAN

351.6982°

Arg. of periapsis

147.3372°

True anomaly

208.69647°

Mean anomaly

209.2618°

Eccentric anomaly

208.97851°

Mean motion

0.24489 °/min

Orbital period

1,470.08 mins

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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 1988 (1988-03-11 UTC)

SPACENET 3R, 18951

ARIANE 3 R/B, 18953

ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA), 18954 (Decayed)

ARIANE 3 DEB, 26031 (Decayed)

TELECOM 1C 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	2025-07-26 01:30:56.454Z	213.324° SW	2025-07-26 18:41:56.454Z	238.447° WSW	35.857°	2025-07-27 01:30:56.454Z	223.415° SW

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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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