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PALAPA C2, 23864

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PALAPA C2, 23864 is an Indonesian payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Thu, 16 May 1996 UTC via an ARIANE 44L 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

23864, 1996-030A

Orbit

GEO

Country

ID / INDO

Related business

Indosat Ooredoo (ID)

Manufacturer

Hughes

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HS-601, R-4D-11-300

Mass

2,989 kg wet, 1,669 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1996-05-16 (30 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 44L

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 10.0 m

Radar Cross Section

25.555 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 18 hours ago

0 PALAPA C2
1 23864U 96030A   26093.37144812  .00000016  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 23864  11.5296  39.1740 0003561 105.8477  77.1712  0.99000320108973

Epoch: 2026-04-03T08:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-03T08:54:53.117Z)

Latitude

-0.61917°

Longitude

-103.24383°

Altitude

36,143.031 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 48m 44s

True Declination

0° 37' 07"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

08:18:12

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,162.985 km

Perigee altitude

36,132.698 km

Semi-major axis

42,525.979 km

Eccentricity

0.00036

Inclination

11.5296°

RAAN

39.174°

Arg. of periapsis

105.8477°

True anomaly

77.21099°

Mean anomaly

77.1712°

Eccentric anomaly

77.1911°

Mean motion

0.24749 °/min

Orbital period

1,454.59 mins

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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 1996 (1996-05-16 UTC)

ARIANE 44L+3 R/B, 23866

INTELSAT 24 (AMOS 1), 23865

ARIANE 44L+3 DEB (SPELDA, 23867

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PALAPA C2 Visibility forecast

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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	2026-04-04 02:28:57.658Z	183.288° SSW	2026-04-04 02:57:57.658Z	183.171° SSW	39.946°	2026-04-05 02:28:57.658Z	192.693° SSW

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PALAPA C2, 23864

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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