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GSAT 17, 42815

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GSAT 17, 42815 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 28 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

42815, 2017-040B

Orbit

GEO

Country

IN / IND

Related business

Indian Space Research Organization (IN)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

I3K, ISRO LAM

Mass

3,477 kg wet, ~1,400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-06-28 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10.0 m

Radar Cross Section

15.081 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 GSAT 17
1 42815U 17040B   25256.10523383 -.00000265  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 42815   0.0262 234.8485 0004850  21.5360 227.3654  1.00270532 30013

Epoch: 2025-09-13T02:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-13T02:31:32.202Z)

Latitude

-0.03284°

Longitude

93.47273°

Altitude

35,800.235 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 14m 48s

True Declination

0° 01' 58"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

13:42:48

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,808.467 km

Perigee altitude

35,767.566 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.154 km

Eccentricity

0.00049

Inclination

0.0262°

RAAN

234.8485°

Arg. of periapsis

21.536°

True anomaly

227.32453°

Mean anomaly

227.3654°

Eccentric anomaly

227.34496°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.17 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 2017 (2017-06-28 UTC)

HELLAS-SAT 3, 42814

ARIANE 5 R/B, 42816

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 42817

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GSAT 17, 42815

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-13T02:31:32.202Z)

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