INTELSAT 18

Launch Details
Launched 4 October 2011
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Geostationary
Intelsat
Active satellites
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
NORAD ID 37834
COSPAR ID 2011-056A
Alternative names IS-18
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 0.018°
Eccentricity 0.00020
RA ascending node 20.771 hr
Argument perigee 294.982°
Mean anomaly 206.061°
Orbital period 1436.114 min
Epoch of osculation 30 Nov 2025, 13:31

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35785.8 km
Mean Altitude 35794.1 km
Peak Altitude 35802.3 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

SL-23 R/B

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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