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GALAXY 31, 54243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALAXY 31, 54243 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat SA (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 12 Nov 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

54243, 2022-153A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US)

Manufacturer

Maxar Space Sol

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SSL-1300, R-4D

Mass

3,300 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-11-12 (2 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, 27 m

Radar Cross Section

36.085 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 GALAXY 31
1 54243U 22153A   25129.22197447  .00000020  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 54243   0.0115 222.4377 0000966 137.1301 186.6248  1.00271939  9108

Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:19Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:19:38.594Z)

Latitude

-0.02352°

Longitude

-121.0048°

Altitude

35,790.095 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 24m 44s

True Declination

0° 01' 25"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.00422°

Longitude

106.51924°

Altitude

35,783.601 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 26m 38s

Apparent Declination

-6° 11' 42"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:38:21

Azimuth

203.926° SW

Elevation

41.014°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,791.695 km

Perigee altitude

35,783.549 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.759 km

Eccentricity

0.0000966

Inclination

0.0115°

RAAN

222.4377°

Arg. of periapsis

137.1301°

True anomaly

186.62352°

Mean anomaly

186.6248°

Eccentric anomaly

186.62416°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.15 mins

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GALAXY 32, 54244

FALCON 9 R/B, 54248 (Decayed)

GALAXY 31 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	2025-05-09 20:27:13.140Z	203.917° SW	2025-05-10 16:40:13.140Z	203.941° SW	33.276°	2025-05-10 20:27:13.140Z	203.919° SW

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