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TURKSAT 5B

NORAD 50212· COSPAR 2021-126A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 19, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:52 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Country
Turkey
Manufacturer
Launched
Dec 19, 2021
Mass
Apogee
35,803 km
Perigee
35,788 km
Inclination
0.08°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Türksat 5B is a Turkish geostationary high-throughput (HTS) communications satellite of Türksat A.Ş. developed for military and commercial purposes.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TURKSAT 5B across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.7 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35788 × 35803 km
357823581435751May 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.

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