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THAICOM 5, 29163

Orbit data source: Space-Track

THAICOM 5, 29163 is a payload satellite owned by Shinawatra (TH) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 27 May 2006 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

29163, 2006-020B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

18 hours ago

Origin

Thaicom Public Company Ltd. (Unknown / THAI)

Manufacturer

Alcatel Alenia F

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 3000A, S400

Mass

2,766 kg wet, 1,220 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2006-05-27 (19 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 26.2 m

Radar Cross Section

24.732 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 18 hours ago

0 THAICOM 5
1 29163U 06020B   25184.70808611 -.00000274  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 29163   5.1192  77.0033 0003716 104.7738 125.3356  0.99207344 69792

Epoch: 2025-07-03T16:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T16:59:38.639Z)

Latitude

-3.95026°

Longitude

130.16338°

Altitude

36,096.889 km

Speed

3.063 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 28m 10s

True Declination

-3° 56' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

3.51343°

Longitude

36.8785°

Altitude

36,073.546 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 55m 24s

Apparent Declination

-1° 51' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:44:29

Azimuth

298.801° NW

Elevation

-32.438°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,104.493 km

Perigee altitude

36,072.931 km

Semi-major axis

42,466.849 km

Eccentricity

0.00037

Inclination

5.1192°

RAAN

77.0033°

Arg. of periapsis

104.7738°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

125.3356°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24801 °/min

Orbital period

1,451.56 mins

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THAICOM 5 Visibility

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