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MEASAT 3B, 40147

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MEASAT 3B, 40147 is a payload satellite owned by Measat (MY) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 11 Sep 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

40147, 2014-054B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

MEASAT Satellite Systems (Unknown / MALA)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

EUROSTAR 3000, R-4D?

Mass

5,897 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-09-11 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 39.4 m

Radar Cross Section

41.860 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 MEASAT 3B
1 40147U 14054B   25184.08445079 -.00000232  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 40147   0.0249   4.1976 0002514  95.3596 303.6923  1.00271624 39673

Epoch: 2025-07-03T02:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T02:01:36.548Z)

Latitude

0.02539°

Longitude

91.47483°

Altitude

35,780.222 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 52m 56s

True Declination

0° 01' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.02112°

Longitude

-95.90281°

Altitude

35,790.889 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 16m 33s

Apparent Declination

-4° 58' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:16:51

Azimuth

335.031° NNW

Elevation

-52.563°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.311 km

Perigee altitude

35,777.11 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.847 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

0.0249°

RAAN

4.1976°

Arg. of periapsis

95.3596°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

303.6923°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 mins

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Other satellites on launch #54 in the year 2014 (2014-09-11 UTC)

OPTUS 10, 40146

ARIANE 5 R/B, 40148

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 40149 (Decayed)

MEASAT 3B Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

MEASAT 3B is likely not visible in the next few days

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