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NORAD 21227

SPACENET 4 (ASC 2)

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

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.1 hours, on an orbit tilted 13.9° from the equator, between 35,953 and 36,028 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SPACENET 4 (ASC 2)

SPACENET 4 (ASC 2) is a satellite from the United States, launched on Apr 13, 1991 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 133°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.

ASC 2 · American communications satellite

Operated by
ConTel
Built by
RCA Corporation
Mass
1,350 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 18 days its lowest point went from 35,958 km to 35,956 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)
35,96035,98036,00036,020

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