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HELLAS-SAT 3

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 0.1° from the equator, between 35,781 and 35,788 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About HELLAS-SAT 3

HELLAS-SAT 3 is a satellite from the European Space Agency, launched on Jun 28, 2017 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 39°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.

Hellas Sat 3 · geostationary communications satellite

Operated by
Hellas Sat, Inmarsat
Built by
Thales Alenia Space
Mass
5,780 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 35,783 km to 35,783 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)
35,78235,78435,78635,78835,79035,792

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