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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

13 hours ago

Origin

MEASAT Satellite Systems (MY / 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 13 hours ago

0 MEASAT 3B
1 40147U 14054B   25128.75750620 -.00000236  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 40147   0.0457  48.2440 0003459  18.2433 164.5275  1.00268696 38850

Epoch: 2025-05-08T18:10Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T18:10:48.535Z)

Latitude

-0.02313°

Longitude

91.49711°

Altitude

35,801.07 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 24m 05s

True Declination

0° 01' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.02586°

Longitude

-79.22576°

Altitude

35,772.438 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 54m 21s

Apparent Declination

-4° 56' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:54:49

Azimuth

335.12° NNW

Elevation

-52.539°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,803.117 km

Perigee altitude

35,773.946 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.668 km

Eccentricity

0.0003459

Inclination

0.0457°

RAAN

48.244°

Arg. of periapsis

18.2433°

True anomaly

164.53807°

Mean anomaly

164.5275°

Eccentric anomaly

164.53279°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.19 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)

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