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 2026-10-23 20:18 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Eutelsat
Country
Eutelsat
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Launched
Oct 7, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
35,888 km
Perigee
35,840 km
Inclination
0.19°
Period
23.99 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for EUTELSAT 16A across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+69.2 km
Rate
+0.47 km/day
Now
35840 × 35888 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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