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SKYNET 4B

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.1 hours, on an orbit tilted 13.0° from the equator, between 35,934 and 35,992 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SKYNET 4B

SKYNET 4B is a satellite from the United Kingdom, launched on Dec 11, 1988 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 108°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.

decommissioned British military communications satellite

Operated by
Ministry of Defence
Built by
British Aerospace Space Systems
Mass
1,250 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 16 days its lowest point went from 35,925 km to 35,924 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)
35,92035,94035,96035,980

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