NORAD 16482
SATCOM K1
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 16482
- International designator
- 1986-003B
- Launch date
- Jan 12, 1986
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-25 23:33:16 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 24.1 hours, on an orbit tilted 14.6° from the equator, between 35,969 and 36,021 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About SATCOM K1
SATCOM K1 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jan 12, 1986 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 29°W, 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.
SATCOM K1 · American communications satellite
- Operated by
- RCA Corporation
- Built by
- RCA Corporation
- Mass
- 1,021 kg
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).