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ASTRA 2D

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 10.8° from the equator, between 36,133 and 36,172 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About ASTRA 2D

ASTRA 2D is a satellite from SES, launched on Dec 20, 2000 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 140°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.

Astra 2D · communications satellite

Operated by
SES Astra

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 36,129 km to 36,126 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)
36,13036,14036,15036,160Nov 26

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