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INTELSAT 701, 22871

Orbit data source: Space-Track

INTELSAT 701, 22871 is a payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Fri, 22 Oct 1993 UTC via an ARIANE 44LP 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

22871, 1993-066A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

FS-1300, R-4D-11

Mass

3,650 kg wet, 1,425 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-10-22 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 44LP

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 21.78 m

Radar Cross Section

23.364 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 INTELSAT 701
1 22871U 93066A   25136.88767354  .00000102  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 22871   9.9975  49.7095 0003664  27.1228 166.3391  0.99317863115165

Epoch: 2025-05-16T21:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-05-16T21:18:14.993Z)

Latitude

-2.33961°

Longitude

48.58658°

Altitude

36,071.196 km

Speed

3.064 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 11m 56s

True Declination

-2° 20' 14"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.5298°

Longitude

-147.80074°

Altitude

36,042.193 km

Speed

3.066 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 17m 31s

Apparent Declination

-5° 26' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:57:01

Azimuth

39.568° NE

Elevation

-48.902°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,072.717 km

Perigee altitude

36,041.621 km

Semi-major axis

42,435.306 km

Eccentricity

0.00037

Inclination

9.9975°

RAAN

49.7095°

Arg. of periapsis

27.1228°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

166.3391°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24829 °/min

Orbital period

1,449.94 mins

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Other satellites on launch #66 in the year 1993 (1993-10-22 UTC)

ARIANE 44LP R/B, 22906 (Decayed)

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