ARABSAT-5C
Launch
Launched on Sep 21, 2011 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat 5C & SES-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:29 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
KACST
Country
Saudi Arabia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 21, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
35,811 km
Perigee
35,778 km
Inclination
0.06°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for ARABSAT-5C across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.8 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35778 × 35811 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.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2011-049 (Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat 5C & SES-2).
- SES-2 · 37809
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