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AFRISTAR

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 10.5° from the equator, between 36,134 and 36,171 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About AFRISTAR

AFRISTAR is a satellite from the United States, launched on Oct 28, 1998 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 70°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.

AfriStar · communications satellite

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 36,120 km to 36,121 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)
36,12036,14036,160Nov 26

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