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SAUDIGEOSAT1/HELLASSAT4

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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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 35,754 and 35,816 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SAUDIGEOSAT1/HELLASSAT4

SAUDIGEOSAT1/HELLASSAT4 is a satellite from GREC, launched on Feb 5, 2019 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 4 · geosynchronous communications satellite

Operated by
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Hellas Sat
Built by
Lockheed Martin
Mass
6,495 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 35,760 km to 35,762 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)
35,76035,78035,800

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