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APPLE

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.0 hours, on an orbit tilted 6.7° from the equator, between 35,699 and 36,029 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About APPLE

APPLE is a satellite from India, launched on Jun 19, 1981 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 109°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment · communication satellite

Operated by
Indian Space Research Organisation
Built by
Indian Space Research Organisation
Mass
670 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 13 days its lowest point went from 35,740 km to 35,744 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
35,75035,80035,85035,90035,950

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.