PALAPA D, 35812
Orbit data source: Space-Track
PALAPA D, 35812 is a payload satellite owned by Indosat (ID) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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
Orbit
Country
ID / INDORelated business
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia
Mission
Non-operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
SPACEBUS 4000B3, S400
Mass
4,100 kg wet, ~1,700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 15.0 m
Radar Cross Section
28.939 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 PALAPA D
1 35812U 09046A 26095.08669275 -.00000013 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 35812 5.5191 76.3582 0015667 31.8830 328.3159 0.98747775 60664Epoch: 2026-04-05T02:04Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-05T02:04:50.253Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
-148.14079°
Altitude
36,162.345 km
Speed
3.063 km/s
True Right ascension
05h 05m 51s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
10:28:51
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,287.1 km
Perigee altitude
36,153.622 km
Semi-major axis
42,598.498 km
Eccentricity
0.00157
Inclination
5.5191°
RAAN
76.3582°
Arg. of periapsis
31.883°
True anomaly
328.22145°
Mean anomaly
328.3159°
Eccentric anomaly
328.26869°
Mean motion
0.24686 °/min
Orbital period
1,458.31 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 2009 (2009-08-31 UTC)
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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. |
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| 1440 mins | 2026-04-06 04:31:23.443Z | 243.238° WSW | 2026-04-06 08:09:23.443Z | 245.886° WSW | 23.675° | 2026-04-07 04:31:23.443Z | 247.484° WSW |
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