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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

Country

Related business

SES S.A. (LU)

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 (19 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 18.4 m

Radar Cross Section

25.435 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 GALAXY 17
1 31307U 07016B   26079.49367957 -.00000202  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 31307   2.7461  81.0100 0003466 286.0749 263.6673  1.00271304 68916

Epoch: 2026-03-20T11:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-20T11:50:53.914Z)

Latitude

-0.43705°

Longitude

-85.0459°

Altitude

35,787.888 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 02m 49s

True Declination

0° 26' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

03:40:16

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,802.411 km

Perigee altitude

35,773.182 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.934 km

Eccentricity

0.00035

Inclination

2.7461°

RAAN

81.01°

Arg. of periapsis

286.0749°

True anomaly

263.62783°

Mean anomaly

263.6673°

Eccentric anomaly

263.64756°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 31309 (Decayed)

ASTRA 1L, 31306

ARIANE 5 R/B, 31308

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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	2026-03-20 22:46:50.737Z	150.372° SSE	2026-03-21 05:16:50.737Z	148.676° SSE	33.872°	2026-03-21 22:46:50.737Z	150.349° SSE

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GALAXY 17, 31307

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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