OrbitNight

NORAD 17706

AGILA 1 (PALAPA B2P)

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
Tap to zoom and pan
Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

Time

Local time
-
-

Position

Latitude
-
Longitude
-
Altitude
-

Speed

Miles per hour
-
Kilometers per second
-
Miles per second
-

From your location

Azimuth
-
Elevation
-
Right ascension
-
Declination
-
Local sidereal time
-

Sunlight

Day / night
-

Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.0 hours, on an orbit tilted 14.3° from the equator, between 35,887 and 35,903 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live

About AGILA 1 (PALAPA B2P)

AGILA 1 (PALAPA B2P) is a satellite from RP, launched on Mar 20, 1987 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 176°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.

Agila-1 · Indonesian communications satellite; later the first Filipino-owned satellite

Operated by
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, Mabuhay Satellite Corporation
Built by
Hughes Aircraft Company
Mass
692 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 14 days its lowest point went from 35,883 km to 35,880 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)
35,88035,88535,890

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