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STAR ONE C2, 32768

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STAR ONE C2, 32768 is a payload satellite owned by Star One (BR) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 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

32768, 2008-018B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

Embratel (Brazilian Telecommunications Company) (BR / BRAZ)

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 3000B3, S400

Mass

4,100 kg wet, 1,750 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2008-04-18 (17 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 22.4 m

Radar Cross Section

25.359 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 STAR ONE C2
1 32768U 08018B   25132.86727270 -.00000260  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 32768   0.2207  81.7975 0003004 339.6836  56.6309  1.00271299 62649

Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:48Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:48:52.361Z)

Latitude

0.12536°

Longitude

-64.96416°

Altitude

35,779.223 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 52m 30s

True Declination

0° 07' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.17772°

Longitude

138.26166°

Altitude

35,788.521 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 44m 11s

Apparent Declination

-6° 13' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:45:03

Azimuth

127.423° SE

Elevation

28.142°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,800.468 km

Perigee altitude

35,775.135 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.939 km

Eccentricity

0.0003004

Inclination

0.2207°

RAAN

81.7975°

Arg. of periapsis

339.6836°

True anomaly

56.65965°

Mean anomaly

56.6309°

Eccentric anomaly

56.64528°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 2008 (2008-04-18 UTC)

VINASAT 1, 32767

ARIANE 5 R/B, 32769

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 32770 (Decayed)

STAR ONE C2 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	2025-05-13 10:19:48.782Z	127.437° SE	2025-05-14 00:32:48.782Z	127.09° SE	25.446°	2025-05-14 10:19:48.782Z	127.445° SE

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