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Satellite · NORAD 35696 · COSPAR 2009-042A

ASIASAT 5

ActivePayloadGEOUnknown derived

Altitude now

35,783.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.03°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,781km

Apogee

35,794km

orbit freshOrbit updated 4 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 19:53 UTC (5.5 h old)· Metadata updated 4 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 ASIASAT 5ASIASAT 5
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Latitude
0.032° S
Longitude
100.466° E
Altitude
35783.0 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 19:53 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ASIASAT 5Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
AsiaSat
SATCAT owner code
AC · AsiaSat
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
11 Aug 2009
COSPAR launch id
2009-042

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2009-042

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Operator Idorg_01M28X1Z9H90SRG90ZFBN7X5F7Celestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Country CodeCNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeACCelestrak 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 4 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 10 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 01:01 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
35696
COSPAR / international designator
2009-042A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P3V
Canonical slug
asiasat-5-35696

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