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ARABSAT 2B, 24652

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARABSAT 2B, 24652 is a payload satellite owned by Arabsat (SA) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 13 Nov 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

24652, 1996-063A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) (SA / AB)

Manufacturer

Ae/Cannes

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 3000, S400

Mass

2,661 kg wet, 1,108 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1996-11-13 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 44L

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 2 Pan, 26.3 m

Radar Cross Section

22.988 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 20 hours ago

0 ARABSAT 2B
1 24652U 96063A   25128.36072422  .00000032  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 24652   9.7118  52.4855 0002725  39.6466 155.3902  0.99408828104431

Epoch: 2025-05-08T08:39Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T08:39:26.572Z)

Latitude

-2.52697°

Longitude

-108.95363°

Altitude

36,040.678 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 29m 21s

True Declination

-2° 31' 28"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

7.46152°

Longitude

-173.83998°

Altitude

36,029.187 km

Speed

3.066 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 06m 46s

Apparent Declination

2° 12' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:32:52

Azimuth

190.583° SSW

Elevation

51.825°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,042.838 km

Perigee altitude

36,019.725 km

Semi-major axis

42,409.419 km

Eccentricity

0.0002725

Inclination

9.7118°

RAAN

52.4855°

Arg. of periapsis

39.6466°

True anomaly

155.4032°

Mean anomaly

155.3902°

Eccentric anomaly

155.3967°

Mean motion

0.24851 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1448.61 mins

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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 1996 (1996-11-13 UTC)

MEASAT 2, 24653

ARIANE 44L R/B, 24654

ARIANE DEB (SPELDA), 24655 (Decayed)

ARABSAT 2B 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	2025-05-09 04:24:22.155Z	190.578° SSW	2025-05-10 01:57:22.155Z	197.217° SSW	38.85°	2025-05-10 04:24:22.155Z	196.231° SSW

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