NORAD 28364
APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18)
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Speed
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 28364
- International designator
- 2004-024A
- Launch date
- Jun 29, 2004
- Launch site
- SEA LAUNCH
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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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
- 2026-11-04 13:50:55 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 7.3° from the equator, between 36,146 and 36,153 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18)
APSTAR 5 (TELSTAR 18) is a satellite from China, launched on Jun 29, 2004 from Sea Launch.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 160°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.
Telstar 18 · Canadian communications satellite
- Operated by
- Telesat
- Mass
- 4,640 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 36,142 km to 36,139 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.