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SPACEWAY 1

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.4 hours, on an orbit tilted 7.1° from the equator, between 36,272 and 36,329 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SPACEWAY 1

SPACEWAY 1 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Apr 26, 2005 from Sea Launch.

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.

Spaceway F1 · direct broadcast satellite

Operated by
DirecTV

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 25 days its lowest point went from 36,267 km to 36,266 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)
36,26036,28036,30036,320Nov 26

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