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THOR 7, 40613

Orbit data source: Space-Track

THOR 7, 40613 is a payload satellite owned by Telenor (NO) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 26 Apr 2015 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

40613, 2015-022A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

Telenor (NO / NOR)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

4,590 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-04-26 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 24.9 m

Radar Cross Section

33.950 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 THOR 7
1 40613U 15022A   25183.35392052 -.00000001  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 40613   0.0394 231.0616 0002637 229.1063 307.2128  1.00273620 37309

Epoch: 2025-07-02T08:29Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T08:29:38.732Z)

Latitude

0.01963°

Longitude

-0.68104°

Altitude

35,778.815 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 09m 27s

True Declination

0° 01' 11"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.01427°

Longitude

-81.25704°

Altitude

35,793.198 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 12m 07s

Apparent Declination

-5° 18' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:49:23

Azimuth

80.576° E

Elevation

-19.217°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.27 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.032 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.288 km

Eccentricity

0.00026

Inclination

0.0394°

RAAN

231.0616°

Arg. of periapsis

229.1063°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

307.2128°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.12 mins

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Other satellites on launch #22 in the year 2015 (2015-04-26 UTC)

SICRAL 2, 40614

ARIANE 5 R/B, 40615

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 40616 (Decayed)

THOR 7 Visibility

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