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INTELSAT 906, 27513

Orbit data source: Space-Track

INTELSAT 906, 27513 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat Ltd (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 06 Sep 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

27513, 2002-041A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (Unknown / ITSO)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

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

Mass

4,723 kg wet, 1,955 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-09-06 (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 10 hours ago

0 INTELSAT 906
1 27513U 02041A   25179.72459157  .00000006  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 27513   4.9024  77.3081 0003931  11.8191 152.9223  1.00271206 83488

Epoch: 2025-06-28T17:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-28T17:23:24.711Z)

Latitude

1.27527°

Longitude

64.2337°

Altitude

35,800.915 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 08m 34s

True Declination

1° 16' 26"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-3.37425°

Longitude

-143.97263°

Altitude

35,777.283 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 20m 11s

Apparent Declination

-7° 56' 56"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:58:23

Azimuth

17.518° NNE

Elevation

-56.911°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,804.392 km

Perigee altitude

35,771.241 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.953 km

Eccentricity

0.00039

Inclination

4.9024°

RAAN

77.3081°

Arg. of periapsis

11.8191°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

152.9223°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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INTELSAT 906 Visibility

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