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WILDBLUE 1, 29643

Orbit data source: Space-Track

WILDBLUE 1, 29643 is a payload satellite owned by WildBlue (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 08 Dec 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

29643, 2006-054A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

ViaSat Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

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

Mass

4,735 kg wet, 1,995 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2006-12-08 (18 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 31.1 m

Radar Cross Section

34.556 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 WILDBLUE 1
1 29643U 06054A   25126.82267493 -.00000051  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 29643   1.7545  85.7460 0001538 313.6037  10.5490  1.00272444 49712

Epoch: 2025-05-06T19:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-06T19:44:39.113Z)

Latitude

-1.01756°

Longitude

-111.16111°

Altitude

35,779.638 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 19m 40s

True Declination

-1° 00' 59"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.17911°

Longitude

-118.04354°

Altitude

35,779.54 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 48m 58s

Apparent Declination

-7° 32' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:16:19

Azimuth

189.155° SSW

Elevation

42.12°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,793.964 km

Perigee altitude

35,780.994 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.616 km

Eccentricity

0.0001538

Inclination

1.7545°

RAAN

85.746°

Arg. of periapsis

313.6037°

True anomaly

10.55223°

Mean anomaly

10.549°

Eccentric anomaly

10.55061°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.14 mins

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Other satellites on launch #54 in the year 2006 (2006-12-08 UTC)

AMC-18, 29644

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 29645 (Decayed)

ARIANE 5 R/B, 29646

WILDBLUE 1 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-05-07 19:13:16.291Z	189.152° SSW	2025-05-08 04:09:16.291Z	189.724° SSW	35.423°	2025-05-08 19:13:16.291Z	189.156° SSW

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