INTELSAT 31 (IS-31)
Launch
Launched on Jun 9, 2016 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | Intelsat 31/DLA-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:25 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Intelsat
Country
Intelsat
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 9, 2016
Mass
—
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,787 km
Inclination
0.01°
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 31 (IS-31) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+2.2 km
Rate
+0.02 km/day
Now
35787 × 35804 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.
Related satellites
Sources & further reading
Embed this satellite on your site
Free for editorial use. Attribution back to LowEarth is required.
<iframe src="https://lowearth.app/embed/41581" width="640" height="400" frameborder="0" allow="fullscreen"></iframe>