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INTELSAT 905, 27438

Orbit data source: Space-Track

INTELSAT 905, 27438 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat Ltd (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Jun 2002 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

27438, 2002-027A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US / ITSO)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

FS-1300HL, R-4D-15-260

Mass

4,723 kg wet, 1,984 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-06-05 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 44L

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan + 2 Dish, 31 m

Radar Cross Section

40.765 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 INTELSAT 905
1 27438U 02027A   25132.99573905  .00000111  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 27438   5.7461  74.6112 0002791 336.3401  41.3277  1.00269736 83952

Epoch: 2025-05-12T23:53Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T23:53:51.853Z)

Latitude

1.75648°

Longitude

-137.25744°

Altitude

35,777.573 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 08m 50s

True Declination

1° 45' 17"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-3.81958°

Longitude

66.59776°

Altitude

35,792.159 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 28m 29s

Apparent Declination

-10° 15' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:53:15

Azimuth

221.966° SW

Elevation

29.664°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,799.993 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.455 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.361 km

Eccentricity

0.0002791

Inclination

5.7461°

RAAN

74.6112°

Arg. of periapsis

336.3401°

True anomaly

41.34883°

Mean anomaly

41.3277°

Eccentric anomaly

41.33826°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.18 mins

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ARIANE 44L R/B, 27439 (Decayed)

INTELSAT 905 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	2025-05-13 13:27:29.879Z	221.954° SW	2025-05-14 04:48:29.879Z	228.658° WSW	31.918°	2025-05-14 13:27:29.879Z	221.912° SW

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