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HGS 4 (GALAXY 4), 22694

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HGS 4 (GALAXY 4), 22694 is a payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Fri, 25 Jun 1993 UTC via an ARIANE 42P 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

22694, 1993-039A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Echostar Corp (US)

Manufacturer

Hughes

Mission

Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HS-601, R-4D-11

Mass

2,988 kg wet, 1,323 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-06-25 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 42P

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 26.5 m

Radar Cross Section

35.394 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 HGS 4 (GALAXY 4)
1 22694U 93039A   25137.10731411 -.00000113  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 22694  14.5917 358.1495 0015037  41.1280 310.3344  1.00280537115022

Epoch: 2025-05-17T02:34Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-05-17T02:34:31.939Z)

Latitude

-2.17313°

Longitude

76.06363°

Altitude

35,743.024 km

Speed

3.078 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 19m 00s

True Declination

-2° 10' 15"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

14.42375°

Longitude

-176.20706°

Altitude

35,749.079 km

Speed

3.077 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 29m 16s

Apparent Declination

7° 59' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:23:55

Azimuth

358.217° N

Elevation

-42.08°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,848.514 km

Perigee altitude

35,721.712 km

Semi-major axis

42,163.25 km

Eccentricity

0.0015

Inclination

14.5917°

RAAN

358.1495°

Arg. of periapsis

41.128°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

310.3344°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25069 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.02 mins

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