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GSAT 10, 38779

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSAT 10, 38779 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 28 Sep 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

38779, 2012-051B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

I3K, ISRO LAM

Mass

3,400 kg wet, 1,494 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-09-28 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 7.7 m

Radar Cross Section

15.402 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 GSAT 10
1 38779U 12051B   25215.63387869 -.00000155  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 38779   0.0678 268.9159 0008101 194.8135 159.9079  1.00271210 46912

Epoch: 2025-08-03T15:12Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-03T15:12:47.118Z)

Latitude

-0.01541°

Longitude

83.02513°

Altitude

35,818.396 km

Speed

3.072 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 34m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 55"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.03054°

Longitude

-36.50962°

Altitude

35,760.105 km

Speed

3.077 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 33m 09s

Apparent Declination

-4° 58' 42"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:03:52

Azimuth

347.39° N

Elevation

-54.444°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,821.985 km

Perigee altitude

35,753.668 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.964 km

Eccentricity

0.00081

Inclination

0.0678°

RAAN

268.9159°

Arg. of periapsis

194.8135°

True anomaly

159.93976°

Mean anomaly

159.9079°

Eccentric anomaly

159.92383°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 2012 (2012-09-28 UTC)

ASTRA 2F, 38778

ARIANE 5 R/B, 38780

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 38781 (Decayed)

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