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SKYNET 4E

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 12.2° from the equator, between 36,126 and 36,167 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SKYNET 4E

SKYNET 4E is a satellite from the United Kingdom, launched on Feb 26, 1999 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 58°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.

British military communications satellite

Operated by
Ministry of Defence
Built by
Matra Marconi Space
Mass
1,500 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 36,122 km to 36,119 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)
36,12036,13036,14036,15036,160Nov 26

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