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SES 12, 43488

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SES 12, 43488 is a payload satellite owned by SES (LU) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 04 Jun 2018 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

43488, 2018-049A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

SES S.A. (LU / SES)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

EUROSTAR 3000E, EOR

Mass

5,384 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-06-04 (7 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, 19.6 m

Radar Cross Section

49.877 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 SES 12
1 43488U 18049A   25199.14730699 -.00000262  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 43488   0.0101  19.5637 0000756 238.1076 186.5523  1.00270446 26065

Epoch: 2025-07-18T03:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T03:32:07.323Z)

Latitude

0.02213°

Longitude

94.99364°

Altitude

35,789.63 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 36m 54s

True Declination

0° 01' 20"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.00916°

Longitude

-160.27339°

Altitude

35,785.341 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 27m 35s

Apparent Declination

-4° 57' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:15:25

Azimuth

330.324° NNW

Elevation

-51.449°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,791.228 km

Perigee altitude

35,784.853 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.178 km

Eccentricity

0.00008

Inclination

0.0101°

RAAN

19.5637°

Arg. of periapsis

238.1076°

True anomaly

186.55131°

Mean anomaly

186.5523°

Eccentric anomaly

186.55181°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.17 mins

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2018 (2018-06-04 UTC)

FALCON 9 R/B, 43489 (Decayed)

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