NORAD 22653
ASTRA 1C
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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
- 22653
- International designator
- 1993-031A
- Launch date
- May 12, 1993
- Launch site
- FRENCH GUIANA
- 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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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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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
- 2026-10-30 02:35:11 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 24.3 hours, on an orbit tilted 13.0° from the equator, between 36,193 and 36,205 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About ASTRA 1C
ASTRA 1C is a satellite from SES, launched on May 12, 1993 from French Guiana.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 67°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.
Astra 1C · communications satellite
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 19 days its lowest point went from 36,190 km to 36,188 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.