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APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18), 28364

Orbit data source: Space-Track

APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18), 28364 is a payload satellite owned by SS/Loral (CN) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 29 Jun 2004 UTC via a ZENIT-3SL launch vehicle from the Sea Launch (SEAL). 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

28364, 2004-024A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Maxar Technologies Inc. (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SSL-1300, R-4D-11-164

Mass

4,845 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2004-06-29 (21 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ZENIT-3SL

Launch site

Sea Launch (SEAL)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 31 m

Radar Cross Section

40.765 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18)
1 28364U 04024A   25133.76231300 -.00000231  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 28364   5.9568  74.4752 0006107 327.4217 232.7867  0.99014972 76343

Epoch: 2025-05-13T18:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T18:17:43.843Z)

Latitude

-2.06384°

Longitude

128.33501°

Altitude

36,158.292 km

Speed

3.061 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 18m 05s

True Declination

-2° 03' 42"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

5.13425°

Longitude

-12.35018°

Altitude

36,142.596 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 36m 16s

Apparent Declination

0° 20' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:32:19

Azimuth

301.535° NW

Elevation

-32.459°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,169.66 km

Perigee altitude

36,117.724 km

Semi-major axis

42,521.829 km

Eccentricity

0.0006107

Inclination

5.9568°

RAAN

74.4752°

Arg. of periapsis

327.4217°

True anomaly

232.73099°

Mean anomaly

232.7867°

Eccentric anomaly

232.75884°

Mean motion

0.24753 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1454.38 mins

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