EUTE 172B, 42741
Orbit data source: Space-Track
EUTE 172B, 42741 is a payload satellite owned by EutelsatSA (FR) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 01 Jun 2017 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
Orbit
Country
Unknown / EUTERelated business
Manufacturer
Airbus/Toulouse
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
EUROSTAR 3000E, EOR
Mass
3,551 kg wet, 2,951 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 19.6 m
Radar Cross Section
49.877 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago
TLE from 7 hours ago
0 EUTE 172B
1 42741U 17029B 25290.87429039 -.00000014 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
2 42741 0.0172 177.6269 0000156 167.1658 168.5746 1.00271276 31304Epoch: 2025-10-17T20:58Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-17T20:58:58.689Z)
Latitude
-0.0229°
Longitude
171.99073°
Altitude
35,786.876 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
10h 13m 23s
True Declination
0° 01' 22"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
22:17:41
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,788.466 km
Perigee altitude
35,787.15 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.945 km
Eccentricity
0.00002
Inclination
0.0172°
RAAN
177.6269°
Arg. of periapsis
167.1658°
True anomaly
168.57495°
Mean anomaly
168.5746°
Eccentric anomaly
168.57478°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.16 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #29 in the year 2017 (2017-06-01 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.EUTE 172B Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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