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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

35812, 2009-046A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

PT Indosat (ID / INDO)

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)

2009-08-31 (16 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 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   25124.90585008  .00000033  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 35812   4.6480  80.7724 0017864  24.7631 335.2522  0.98745358 57351

Epoch: 2025-05-04T21:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T21:44:25.446Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-108.42202°

Altitude

36,150.482 km

Speed

3.064 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 22m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.62644°

Longitude

-22.40984°

Altitude

36,182.554 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 01m 44s

Apparent Declination

0° 58' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:46:40

Azimuth

196.868° SSW

Elevation

47.837°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,297.16 km

Perigee altitude

36,144.961 km

Semi-major axis

42,599.198 km

Eccentricity

0.0017864

Inclination

4.648°

RAAN

80.7724°

Arg. of periapsis

24.7631°

True anomaly

335.16633°

Mean anomaly

335.2522°

Eccentric anomaly

335.20928°

Mean motion

0.24685 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1458.35 mins

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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 2009 (2009-08-31 UTC)

CZ-3B R/B, 35813 (Decayed)

CZ-3B DEB, 35864 (Decayed)

PALAPA D 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	2025-05-06 03:50:05.436Z	196.861° SSW	2025-05-06 04:06:05.436Z	196.934° SSW	36.542°	2025-05-07 03:50:05.436Z	205.593° SW

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