WILDBLUE-1
Launch
Launched on Dec 8, 2006 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | WildBlue 1 & AMC-18 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 21:31 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 8, 2006
Mass
—
Apogee
36,126 km
Perigee
36,085 km
Inclination
3.13°
Period
1.01 d
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for WILDBLUE-1 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+311.1 km
Rate
+2.10 km/day
Now
36085 × 36126 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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