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Satellite · NORAD 28184 · COSPAR 2004-007A

ABS-4 (MOBISAT-1)

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,806.4km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

6.25°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,764km

Apogee

35,808km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:14 UTC (7.7 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of ABS-4 (MOBISAT-1)ABS-4 (MOBISAT-1)
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Latitude
4.804° S
Longitude
61.122° E
Altitude
35806.4 km
Velocity
3.073 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:14 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
10.0 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ABS-4 (MOBISAT-1)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
ABS · Asia Broadcast Satellite
Country
Bermuda BM

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
13 Mar 2004
COSPAR launch id
2004-007

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Operator Idorg_01M28X1Z9H90SRG90ZFBN7X5F6Celestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Country CodeBMCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeABSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
28184
COSPAR / international designator
2004-007A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM25J
Canonical slug
abs-4-mobisat-1-28184

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.