O3B FM16

NORAD 43232· COSPAR 2018-024B· Active satellite· Communications· MEO

Launch

Launched on Mar 9, 2018 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.

Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM13-16 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 21:35 UTC

Orbit class

MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)

Operator

SES

Country

O3b Networks

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia Space

Launched

Mar 9, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

8,080 km

Perigee

8,072 km

Inclination

0.06°

Period

4.80 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for O3B FM16 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.0 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

8072 × 8080 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.

Launched with

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-024 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM13-16).

O3B FM15 · 43231
O3B FM14 · 43233
O3B FM13 · 43234

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