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OPTUS 10

NORAD 40146· COSPAR 2014-054A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 11, 2014 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT-3b & Optus 10
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:43 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Australian Space Agency
Country
Australia
Manufacturer
Launched
Sep 11, 2014
Mass
Apogee
35,803 km
Perigee
35,786 km
Inclination
0.13°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for OPTUS 10 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.4 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35786 × 35803 km
357943580535784May 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 2014-054 (Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT-3b & Optus 10).

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