NORAD 18952
TELECOM 1C
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 18952
- International designator
- 1988-018B
- Launch date
- Mar 11, 1988
- Launch site
- FRENCH GUIANA
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Live
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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 20:21:13 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 24.5 hours, on an orbit tilted 15.0° from the equator, between 35,942 and 36,967 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About TELECOM 1C
TELECOM 1C is a satellite from France, launched on Mar 11, 1988 from French Guiana.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 11°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.
decommissioned French geostationary communications satellite
- Operated by
- France Télécom
- Built by
- British Aerospace Space Systems
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 14 days its lowest point went from 36,027 km to 36,030 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.