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 8.237°
Eccentricity 0.02811
RA ascending node 4.487 hr
Argument perigee 296.733°
Mean anomaly 269.857°
Orbital period 1512.814 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 12:42

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36055.2 km
Mean Altitude 37282.3 km
Peak Altitude 38509.4 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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