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NIMIQ 4, 33373

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NIMIQ 4, 33373 is a payload satellite owned by Telesat (Loral) (CA) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 UTC via a PROTON-M/BRIZ-M launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

33373, 2008-044A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Telesat (CA)

Manufacturer

Astrium/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

EUROSTAR 3000, R-4D-15-375

Mass

4,850 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2008-09-19 (17 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-M/BRIZ-M

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 39 m

Radar Cross Section

42.093 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 NIMIQ 4
1 33373U 08044A   25128.86591976 -.00000215  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 33373   0.0129 316.4847 0002199  79.5722  60.6204  1.00271993 60937

Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:46Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:46:55.467Z)

Latitude

0.00649°

Longitude

-81.96496°

Altitude

35,781.448 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 26m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.00386°

Longitude

104.63183°

Altitude

35,789.681 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 04m 51s

Apparent Declination

-6° 09' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:20:44

Azimuth

146.358° SSE

Elevation

38.046°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,796.879 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.335 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.744 km

Eccentricity

0.0002199

Inclination

0.0129°

RAAN

316.4847°

Arg. of periapsis

79.5722°

True anomaly

60.64236°

Mean anomaly

60.6204°

Eccentric anomaly

60.63138°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.15 mins

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NIMIQ 4 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	2025-05-09 09:11:27.587Z	146.369° SSE	2025-05-09 15:28:27.587Z	146.333° SSE	31.65°	2025-05-10 09:11:27.587Z	146.374° SSE

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