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GALAXY 17, 31307

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALAXY 17, 31307 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat Ltd (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 04 May 2007 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

31307, 2007-016B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US)

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 3000B3, S400

Mass

4,107 kg wet, 1,750 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2007-05-04 (18 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 36.9 m

Radar Cross Section

25.435 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 GALAXY 17
1 31307U 07016B   25189.47544535 -.00000192  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 31307   2.0994  84.3635 0002168   7.4894 280.9760  1.00270478 66359

Epoch: 2025-07-08T11:24Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T11:24:38.478Z)

Latitude

-1.9987°

Longitude

-85.0102°

Altitude

35,785.006 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 51m 16s

True Declination

-1° 59' 48"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-1.38441°

Longitude

-153.26661°

Altitude

35,794.436 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 28m 30s

Apparent Declination

-7° 42' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:57:54

Azimuth

151.044° SSE

Elevation

37.979°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.171 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.888 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.167 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

2.0994°

RAAN

84.3635°

Arg. of periapsis

7.4894°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

280.976°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.17 mins

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Other satellites on launch #16 in the year 2007 (2007-05-04 UTC)

ASTRA 1L, 31306

ARIANE 5 R/B, 31308

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 31309 (Decayed)

GALAXY 17 Visibility forecast

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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	2025-07-09 06:48:31.222Z	151.054° SSE	2025-07-09 22:09:31.222Z	149.034° SSE	33.542°	2025-07-10 06:48:31.222Z	151.076° SSE

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