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SPACEWAY 2, 28903

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPACEWAY 2, 28903 is a payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA 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

28903, 2005-046B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

DirecTV (US)

Manufacturer

Boeing/ES

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

BSS-702HP, R-4D-14-350

Mass

6,116 kg wet, 3,940 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-11-16 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 40.9 m

Radar Cross Section

55.506 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 SPACEWAY 2
1 28903U 05046B   25147.75654196 -.00000278  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 28903   4.4856  76.3196 0003895  38.1553 179.5591  0.99063826 47453

Epoch: 2025-05-27T18:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-05-27T18:09:25.225Z)

Latitude

-2.75986°

Longitude

136.0513°

Altitude

36,145.123 km

Speed

3.061 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 35m 49s

True Declination

-2° 45' 26"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

1.84596°

Longitude

-57.64562°

Altitude

36,111.933 km

Speed

3.063 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 19m 40s

Apparent Declination

-3° 25' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:44:26

Azimuth

292.422° WNW

Elevation

-29.369°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,146.276 km

Perigee altitude

36,113.162 km

Semi-major axis

42,507.856 km

Eccentricity

0.00039

Inclination

4.4856°

RAAN

76.3196°

Arg. of periapsis

38.1553°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

179.5591°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24765 °/min

Orbital period

1,453.66 mins

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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 2005 (2005-11-16 UTC)

TELKOM 2, 28902

ARIANE 5 R/B, 28904

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 28905 (Decayed)

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