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GALAXY 33, 54026

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALAXY 33, 54026 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat SA (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 08 Oct 2022 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

54026, 2022-128A

Orbit

GEO

Country

Related business

SES S.A. (LU)

Manufacturer

NGIS SSG

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

GEOSTAR-2.4E, BT-4?

Mass

3,700 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-10-08 (3 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, 11.5 m

Radar Cross Section

29.373 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 GALAXY 33
1 54026U 22128A   26062.90970517  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 54026   0.0180 168.8574 0001919 171.2129  16.1147  1.00273308 12681

Epoch: 2026-03-03T21:49Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-03T21:49:58.526Z)

Latitude

-0.01144°

Longitude

-132.95073°

Altitude

35,777.846 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 44m 54s

True Declination

0° 00' 41"

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

09:13:33

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,795.33 km

Perigee altitude

35,779.147 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.375 km

Eccentricity

0.00019

Inclination

0.018°

RAAN

168.8574°

Arg. of periapsis

171.2129°

True anomaly

16.12081°

Mean anomaly

16.1147°

Eccentric anomaly

16.11775°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.13 mins

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Other satellites on launch #128 in the year 2022 (2022-10-08 UTC)

GALAXY 34, 54027

FALCON 9 R/B, 54028

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GALAXY 33 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2026-03-04 05:26:03.553Z	219.424° SW	2026-03-04 15:59:03.553Z	219.517° SW	30.257°	2026-03-05 05:26:03.553Z	219.419° SW

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GALAXY 33, 54026

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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