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DIRECTV 10

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.4 hours, on an orbit tilted 0.8° from the equator, between 36,332 and 36,355 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About DIRECTV 10

DIRECTV 10 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jul 7, 2007 from Tyuratam Missile and Space Complex.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 139°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.

DirecTV-10 · communications satellite

Operated by
DirecTV

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 36,325 km to 36,326 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)
36,33036,34036,350Nov 26

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