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ASTRA 5B, 39617

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ASTRA 5B, 39617 is a payload satellite owned by SES (LU) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 22 Mar 2014 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

39617, 2014-011B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

SES S.A. (LU / SES)

Manufacturer

ADS/Bremen

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

EUROSTAR 3000, R-4D?

Mass

5,724 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-03-22 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 40 m

Radar Cross Section

46.395 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 ASTRA 5B
1 39617U 14011B   25160.79894138  .00000157  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 39617   0.0610 314.8825 0002178 113.8285 140.8086  1.00270786 40936

Epoch: 2025-06-09T19:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-09T19:10:28.535Z)

Latitude

-0.08174°

Longitude

23.50294°

Altitude

35,793.523 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 58m 06s

True Declination

0° 04' 54"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.08252°

Longitude

-152.26001°

Altitude

35,778.731 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 34m 25s

Apparent Declination

-5° 03' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:40:41

Azimuth

62.793° ENE

Elevation

-35.572°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.129 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.762 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.082 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

0.061°

RAAN

314.8825°

Arg. of periapsis

113.8285°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

140.8086°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #11 in the year 2014 (2014-03-22 UTC)

AMAZONAS 4A, 39616

ARIANE 5 R/B, 39618

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 39619 (Decayed)

ASTRA 5B Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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