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Satellite · NORAD 29055 · COSPAR 2006-012A

ASTRA 1KR

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,799.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.69°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,772km

Apogee

35,801km

orbit freshOrbit updated 16 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:02 UTC (7.2 h old)· Metadata updated 16 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 ASTRA 1KRASTRA 1KR
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.628° S
Longitude
19.002° E
Altitude
35799.3 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:02 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
14.4 m²
Constellation membership derived
SES GEO fleet via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ASTRA 1KRCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SES
SATCAT owner code
SES · SES

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
20 Apr 2006
COSPAR launch id
2006-012

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeSESCelestrak 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 13 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 16 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
29055
COSPAR / international designator
2006-012A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM26Y
Canonical slug
astra-1kr-29055

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.