ARCTURUS
Launch
Launched on May 1, 2023 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon Heavy.
Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 15:47 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Astranis
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Astranis
Launched
May 1, 2023
Mass
300 kg
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,789 km
Inclination
3.10°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for ARCTURUS across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.3 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35789 × 35801 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
2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-060 (Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others).
- VIASAT-3 F1 · 56370
- GS-1 · 56372
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