NORAD 23948
ARABSAT 2A
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 23948
- International designator
- 1996-040A
- Launch date
- Jul 9, 1996
- Launch site
- FRENCH GUIANA
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Live
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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
- 2026-11-01 05:38:30 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 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 14.3° from the equator, between 36,070 and 36,105 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About ARABSAT 2A
ARABSAT 2A is a satellite from AB, launched on Jul 9, 1996 from French Guiana.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 120°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.
Arabsat 2A · Saudi Arabian communications satellite
- Operated by
- Arab Satellite Communications Organization
- Built by
- Aérospatiale
- Mass
- 2,500 kg
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 36,057 km to 36,059 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.