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INTELSAT 35E, 42818

Orbit data source: Space-Track

INTELSAT 35E, 42818 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat SA (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Jul 2017 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

42818, 2017-041A

Orbit

GEO

Country

Unknown / ITSO

Related business

Intelsat (US)

Manufacturer

Boeing/ES

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

BSS-702MP, IHI BT-4

Mass

6,761 kg wet, ~3,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-07-05 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 22.0 m

Radar Cross Section

59.953 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 INTELSAT 35E
1 42818U 17041A   25259.22003295 -.00000256  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 42818   0.0254 252.0551 0002716 321.8564 186.2243  1.00272481 30061

Epoch: 2025-09-16T05:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-16T05:16:50.846Z)

Latitude

-0.005°

Longitude

-34.4929°

Altitude

35,797.268 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 40m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 18"

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

12:51:11

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.922 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.018 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.607 km

Eccentricity

0.00027

Inclination

0.0254°

RAAN

252.0551°

Arg. of periapsis

321.8564°

True anomaly

186.22093°

Mean anomaly

186.2243°

Eccentric anomaly

186.22261°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.14 mins

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INTELSAT 35E, 42818

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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