ARABSAT 6A, 44186
Orbit data source: Space-Track
ARABSAT 6A, 44186 is a payload satellite owned by Arabsat (SA) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 11 Apr 2019 UTC via an FALCON HEAVY 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
Orbit
Country
ABRelated business
Manufacturer
LMCSS
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
A2100, BT-4?
Mass
6,465 kg wet, 3,520 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 15.4 m
Radar Cross Section
30.523 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 2 days ago
0 ARABSAT 6A
1 44186U 19021A 26171.32669471 .00000149 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994
2 44186 0.0516 16.4098 0001432 337.6194 62.5990 1.00275621 26180Epoch: 2026-06-20T07:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T07:50:26.422Z)
Latitude
0.04878°
Longitude
30.50203°
Altitude
35,782.244 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 46m 37s
True Declination
0° 02' 55"
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
21:27:08
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,792.628 km
Perigee altitude
35,780.552 km
Semi-major axis
42,164.727 km
Eccentricity
0.00014
Inclination
0.0516°
RAAN
16.4098°
Arg. of periapsis
337.6194°
True anomaly
62.61357°
Mean anomaly
62.599°
Eccentric anomaly
62.60628°
Mean motion
0.25068 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.1 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #21 in the year 2019 (2019-04-11 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.ARABSAT 6A Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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