NORAD 55508
AMAZONAS NEXUS
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 55508
- International designator
- 2023-017A
- Launch date
- Feb 7, 2023
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
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Live
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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
- 2026-10-29 21:27:52 UTC
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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 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 0.0° from the equator, between 35,774 and 35,784 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About AMAZONAS NEXUS
AMAZONAS NEXUS is a satellite from BRAZ, launched on Feb 7, 2023 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 61°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.
Amazonas Nexus · Spanish communications satellite
- Operated by
- Hispasat
- Built by
- Thales Alenia Space
- Mass
- 4,146 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 35,782 km to 35,781 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.