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SYRACUSE 3A, 28885

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SYRACUSE 3A, 28885 is a payload satellite owned by DGA (FR) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 UTC via an ARIANE 5GS 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

28885, 2005-041B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Office of the General Delegate for Armaments (FR)

Manufacturer

Alcatel Alenia F

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 4000B3, S400

Mass

3,725 kg wet, 1,644 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-10-13 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5GS

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

28.709 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 SYRACUSE 3A
1 28885U 05041B   25128.88651039  .00000137  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 28885   3.6125  80.8713 0003150 320.9005 166.1443  1.00268960 71695

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:16:34.497Z)

Latitude

2.86492°

Longitude

21.88489°

Altitude

35,799.518 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 51m 55s

True Declination

2° 51' 43"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

1.47839°

Longitude

-81.07895°

Altitude

35,780.601 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 19m 55s

Apparent Declination

-3° 46' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:32:22

Azimuth

63.093° ENE

Elevation

-33.585°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,801.734 km

Perigee altitude

35,775.169 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.588 km

Eccentricity

0.000315

Inclination

3.6125°

RAAN

80.8713°

Arg. of periapsis

320.9005°

True anomaly

166.15294°

Mean anomaly

166.1443°

Eccentric anomaly

166.14862°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.19 mins

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SYRACUSE 3A Visibility forecast

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