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AMC-21, 33275

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AMC-21, 33275 is a Luxembourger payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Thu, 14 Aug 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

33275, 2008-038B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

SES S.A. (LU / SES)

Manufacturer

OSC

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

OSC STAR 2.4, BT-4 ?

Mass

2,473 kg wet, 1,161 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2008-08-14 (17 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 22 m

Radar Cross Section

22.166 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 AMC-21
1 33275U 08038B   25174.69032735  .00000038  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 33275   2.0199  84.8937 0002533  12.3229 298.5064  1.00273127 61895

Epoch: 2025-06-23T16:34Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-23T16:34:04.283Z)

Latitude

-1.5143°

Longitude

-124.89228°

Altitude

35,780.784 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 22m 53s

True Declination

-1° 30' 46"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.68979°

Longitude

123.38434°

Altitude

35,796.413 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 45m 53s

Apparent Declination

-6° 56' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:15:05

Azimuth

208.911° SW

Elevation

38.819°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.968 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.607 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.424 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

2.0199°

RAAN

84.8937°

Arg. of periapsis

12.3229°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

298.5064°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.13 mins

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Other satellites on launch #38 in the year 2008 (2008-08-14 UTC)

SUPERBIRD 7, 33274

ARIANE 5 R/B, 33276

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 33277

AMC-21 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	2025-06-24 09:04:27.843Z	208.901° SW	2025-06-25 01:52:27.843Z	210.337° SW	33.588°	2025-06-25 09:04:27.843Z	208.871° SW

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