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GSAT 18, 41793

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSAT 18, 41793 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Oct 2016 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

41793, 2016-060A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

I3K, ISRO LAM

Mass

3,404 kg wet, ~1,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-10-05 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 15.5 m

Radar Cross Section

13.026 m²

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 GSAT 18
1 41793U 16060A   25121.18578091 -.00000084  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 41793   0.0296 101.4102 0003930 312.7282 306.1059  1.00272349 31390

Epoch: 2025-05-01T04:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-01T04:27:31.47Z)

Latitude

0.00865°

Longitude

73.9683°

Altitude

35,776.099 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 00m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.01258°

Longitude

64.59751°

Altitude

35,778.417 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 23m 44s

Apparent Declination

-4° 56' 00"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:27:00

Azimuth

1.42° NNE

Elevation

-55.009°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,804.078 km

Perigee altitude

35,770.936 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.644 km

Eccentricity

0.000393

Inclination

0.0296°

RAAN

101.4102°

Arg. of periapsis

312.7282°

True anomaly

306.0695°

Mean anomaly

306.1059°

Eccentric anomaly

306.0877°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.14 mins

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