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INTELSAT 17 (IS-17)

NORAD 37238· COSPAR 2010-065B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 26, 2010 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 17 & HYLAS 1
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:59 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Intelsat
Country
Intelsat
Manufacturer
Launched
Nov 26, 2010
Mass
Apogee
35,806 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h
Part of the Intelsat constellation · this satellite is one of 27 (planned: 50)

Global GEO comms fleet. ~50 active satellites.

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for INTELSAT 17 (IS-17) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35784 × 35806 km
357953580835783May 28Sep 9
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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2010-065 (Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 17 & HYLAS 1).

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