Spacecraft information: 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 0.013°
Eccentricity 0.00019
RA ascending node 17.773 hr
Argument perigee 130.811°
Mean anomaly 139.100°
Orbital period 1436.087 min
Epoch of osculation 29 Apr 2026, 09:16

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35785.4 km
Mean Altitude 35793.5 km
Peak Altitude 35801.6 km

Launched alongside

SL-23 R/B

Orbital History

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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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