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NORAD 22796

ACTS

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

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From your location

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 14.6° from the equator, between 35,591 and 35,996 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About ACTS

ACTS is a satellite from the United States, launched on Sep 12, 1993 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 105°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.

Advanced Communications Technology Satellite · former NASA communications satellite

Operated by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Built by
Martin Marietta
Mass
2,733 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 19 days its lowest point went from 35,569 km to 35,570 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)
35,60035,70035,80035,90036,000

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