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SYRACUSE 4A

NORAD 49333· COSPAR 2021-095B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Oct 24, 2021 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA+.
Ariane 5 ECA+ | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A
SYRACUSE 4A
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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 02:23 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Direction générale de l'Armement
Country
France
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Launched
Oct 24, 2021
Mass
3,852 kg
Apogee
35,801 km
Perigee
35,789 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SYRACUSE 4A across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.5 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35789 × 35801 km
357943580335785May 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 2021-095 (Ariane 5 ECA+ | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A).

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