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AMC-18, 29644

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AMC-18, 29644 is a Luxembourger payload satellite 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

29644, 2006-054B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

SES S.A. (LU / SES)

Manufacturer

LMCSS

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

A2100A, LEROS 1?

Mass

2,081 kg wet, 918 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, 14.7 m

Radar Cross Section

15.563 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 AMC-18
1 29644U 06054B   25126.88421612 -.00000151  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 29644   1.5480  91.2622 0005213 106.1824 352.0102  0.98861138 67370

Epoch: 2025-05-06T21:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-06T21:13:16.272Z)

Latitude

1.51471°

Longitude

6.15835°

Altitude

36,164.029 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 37m 48s

True Declination

1° 30' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.08224°

Longitude

133.07927°

Altitude

36,197.06 km

Speed

3.059 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 29m 20s

Apparent Declination

-6° 15' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:47:26

Azimuth

78° E

Elevation

-23.447°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,209.995 km

Perigee altitude

36,165.615 km

Semi-major axis

42,565.942 km

Eccentricity

0.0005213

Inclination

1.548°

RAAN

91.2622°

Arg. of periapsis

106.1824°

True anomaly

352.00189°

Mean anomaly

352.0102°

Eccentric anomaly

352.00605°

Mean motion

0.24714 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1456.64 mins

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

WILDBLUE 1, 29643

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 29645 (Decayed)

ARIANE 5 R/B, 29646

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