Key statistics
Satellite EUTE 33A (EB 3) at a glance.
Uptime
7955
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
8.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for EUTE 33A (EB 3).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: EUTE 33A (EB 3)
International designator: 2003-043A
Object number (NORAD): 27948
Object ID (CCSDS): 27948
Country: EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (EUTELSAT) (EUTE)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 1456.263 minutes
Inclination: 8.9367 deg
SMA: 42558.54 km
Apoapsis: 36195.492 km
Periapsis: 36165.318 km
RAAN: 59.0585 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003545
Argument of periapsis: 166.9354 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.7159 deg
Mean motion: 0.98883239 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000069 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EUTE 33A (EB 3)
TLE line 1: 1 27948U 03043A 25188.71769192 .00000069 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 27948 8.9367 59.0585 0003545 166.9354 15.7159 0.98883239 41652
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite EUTE 33A (EB 3).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
INSAT-3A is a multipurpose satellite for providing telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorological and search & rescue services. INSAT-3A payloads include Normal C-band transponders with expanded coverage from Middle East to South East Asia, Extended C-band transponders providing India coverage and Ku-band transponders providing India coverage. The satellite also carries one Data Relay Transponder (DRT) and one Satellite Aided Search and Rescue (SAS&R) payload. SAS&R payload has a global receive coverage with 406 MHz uplink and C-band downlink with India coverage for the relay of signals from distress beacons in sea, air or land.
EUTE 33A (EB 3) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1’, on board a Ariane 5 G space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 11:14 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.
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Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 11:14 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Ariane 5 G
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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