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INTELSAT 40E, 56174

Orbit data source: Space-Track

INTELSAT 40E, 56174 is a payload satellite owned by Intelsat SA (US) (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 07 Apr 2023 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

56174, 2023-052A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US / ITSO)

Manufacturer

Maxar Space Sol

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

6,161 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-04-07 (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, 26 m

Radar Cross Section

98.099 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 INTELSAT 40E
1 56174U 23052A   25132.86214676 -.00000157  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 56174   0.0172 280.2011 0001542 176.0132 354.0224  1.00269935  7823

Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:41Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:41:29.48Z)

Latitude

0.00813°

Longitude

-91.01984°

Altitude

35,780.134 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 00m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 29"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.03817°

Longitude

171.91691°

Altitude

35,788.07 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 39m 55s

Apparent Declination

-6° 09' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:36:19

Azimuth

158.623° S

Elevation

41.642°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,794.686 km

Perigee altitude

35,781.682 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.321 km

Eccentricity

0.0001542

Inclination

0.0172°

RAAN

280.2011°

Arg. of periapsis

176.0132°

True anomaly

354.02056°

Mean anomaly

354.0224°

Eccentric anomaly

354.02148°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.18 mins

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INTELSAT 40E 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	2025-05-13 14:10:26.980Z	158.631° S	2025-05-13 16:20:26.980Z	158.63° S	33.596°	2025-05-14 14:10:26.980Z	158.642° S

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