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INTELSAT 706

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 11.2° from the equator, between 36,110 and 36,170 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About INTELSAT 706

INTELSAT 706 is a satellite from ITSO, launched on May 17, 1995 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 101°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.

Intelsat 706 · geostationary communications satellite

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 26 days its lowest point went from 36,122 km to 36,118 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)
36,12036,13036,14036,150

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