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ECHOSTAR 17, 38551

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ECHOSTAR 17, 38551 is a payload satellite owned by Echostar/HNS (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 05 Jul 2012 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

38551, 2012-035A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

Echostar/Hughes Satellite Systems Corp (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SSL-1300E, R-4D

Mass

6,100 kg wet, ~4,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-07-05 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 26.1 m

Radar Cross Section

48.712 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 ECHOSTAR 17
1 38551U 12035A   25127.07601535 -.00000078  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 38551   0.0151 257.9862 0002131 151.6187  95.8332  1.00270007 47059

Epoch: 2025-05-07T01:49Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T01:49:27.726Z)

Latitude

-0.0324°

Longitude

-107.06624°

Altitude

35,787.52 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 41m 51s

True Declination

0° 01' 57"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.00022°

Longitude

-174.60646°

Altitude

35,778.636 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 10m 39s

Apparent Declination

-6° 14' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:19:34

Azimuth

183.068° SSW

Elevation

43.804°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.149 km

Perigee altitude

35,779.178 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.301 km

Eccentricity

0.0002131

Inclination

0.0151°

RAAN

257.9862°

Arg. of periapsis

151.6187°

True anomaly

95.85749°

Mean anomaly

95.8332°

Eccentric anomaly

95.84535°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.18 mins

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Other satellites on launch #35 in the year 2012 (2012-07-05 UTC)

METEOSAT 10 (MSG 3), 38552

ARIANE 5 R/B, 38553

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 38554

MSG 3 DEB (COOLER COVER), 40871

MSG 3 DEB (BAFFLE COVER), 40872

ECHOSTAR 17 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	2025-05-07 21:16:11.231Z	183.067° SSW	2025-05-08 16:16:11.231Z	183.126° SSW	34.7°	2025-05-08 21:16:11.231Z	183.081° SSW

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