INTELSAT 8

Launch Details
Launched 3 November 1998
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner United States
NORAD ID 25522
COSPAR ID 1998-065A
Alternative names IS-8
PAS-8
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 8.437°
Eccentricity 0.02776
RA ascending node 4.431 hr
Argument perigee 298.127°
Mean anomaly 223.727°
Orbital period 1512.823 min
Epoch of osculation 15 Sep 2025, 04:31

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36070.8 km
Mean Altitude 37282.5 km
Peak Altitude 38494.1 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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