EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5) at a glance.

Uptime

8352

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 1.0

Per day

Orbit

OTHER

Other

Inclination

5.1

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5)

International designator: 2002-035A

Object number (NORAD): 27460

Object ID (CCSDS): 27460

Country: EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (EUTELSAT) (EUTE)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 1464.058 minutes

Inclination: 5.0523 deg

SMA: 42710.28 km

Apoapsis: 36384.657 km

Periapsis: 36279.632 km

RAAN: 77.2812 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0012295

Argument of periapsis: 5.5751 deg

Mean anomaly: 185.2879 deg

Mean motion: 0.98356743 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000116 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 15, 2025, 5:33 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 15, 2025, 1:26 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5)

TLE line 1: 1 27460U 02035A 25135.55990260 -.00000116 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 27460 5.0523 77.2812 0012295 5.5751 185.2879 0.98356743 83461

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5).

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Stellat 5 is a communications satellite belonging to Eutelsat, operating at 5 degrees West. N-Star C is a geostationary communications satellite operating at 136 degrees East.

EUTE 5 WEST A (STELLAT5) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 & N-Star C’, on board a Ariane 5 G space rocket.

The launch took place on July 5, 2002, 11:22 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.

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Launch to space Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 & N-Star C
Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 & N-Star C

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 5, 2002, 11:22 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 5 G

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Latest news about this satellite

News about space launch
Eutelsat 5 West A successfully retired in graveyard orbit

Eutelsat said Jan. 19 it retired a satellite last week that had helped Europe transition from analog to digital television two decades ago.


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