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INTELSAT 32E (IS-32E)

NORAD 41945· COSPAR 2017-007B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 14, 2017 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 07:03 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Intelsat
Country
Intelsat
Manufacturer
Airbus Defence and Space
Launched
Feb 14, 2017
Mass
6,300 kg
Apogee
35,798 km
Perigee
35,793 km
Inclination
0.03°
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 32E (IS-32E) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.5 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35793 × 35798 km
357933580135785May 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 2017-007 (Ariane 5 ECA | SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S).

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