EUTELSAT 16A
Launch
Launched on Oct 7, 2011 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | Eutelsat W3C →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:28 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Eutelsat
Country
Eutelsat
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Launched
Oct 7, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
35,818 km
Perigee
35,771 km
Inclination
0.08°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for EUTELSAT 16A across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.6 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35771 × 35818 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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