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SPACEWAY 3, 32018

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPACEWAY 3, 32018 is a payload satellite owned by Hughes NS (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 14 Aug 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

32018, 2007-036A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

Echostar Corp (US)

Manufacturer

Boeing/ES

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

BSS-702HP, R-4D-15-375

Mass

6,075 kg wet, 3,655 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2007-08-14 (18 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 40.9 m

Radar Cross Section

53.753 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 SPACEWAY 3
1 32018U 07036A   25189.46989301 -.00000093  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 32018   3.1083  81.2907 0002229 102.1522 196.6497  0.99139253 43040

Epoch: 2025-07-08T11:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T11:16:38.756Z)

Latitude

-2.72937°

Longitude

-75.70021°

Altitude

36,116.027 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 20m 30s

True Declination

-2° 43' 36"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-2.27168°

Longitude

-148.41163°

Altitude

36,112.279 km

Speed

3.063 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 42m 36s

Apparent Declination

-8° 34' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:45:18

Azimuth

144.044° SSE

Elevation

34.433°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,117.632 km

Perigee altitude

36,098.691 km

Semi-major axis

42,486.299 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

3.1083°

RAAN

81.2907°

Arg. of periapsis

102.1522°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

196.6497°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24784 °/min

Orbital period

1,452.56 mins

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Other satellites on launch #36 in the year 2007 (2007-08-14 UTC)

BSAT-3A, 32019

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 32020 (Decayed)

ARIANE 5 R/B, 32021

SPACEWAY 3 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	2025-07-09 06:35:57.177Z	144.055° SSE	2025-07-09 22:00:57.177Z	143.891° SSE	33.268°	2025-07-10 06:35:57.177Z	148.992° SSE

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Check out SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on other resources

View SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

View SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on Heavens-Above

View SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on Keep Track

View SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on Celestrak

View SPACEWAY 3, 32018 on Gunter's Space Page

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