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Satellite · NORAD 41589 · COSPAR 2016-038B

EUTELSAT 117 WEST B

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,786.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.04°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,787km

Apogee

35,787km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:57 UTC (5.2 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 EUTELSAT 117 WEST BEUTELSAT 117 WEST B
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Latitude
0.008° N
Longitude
116.999° W
Altitude
35786.1 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:57 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
0.1 m²
Constellation membership derived
SBAS / augmentation via celestrak_groupEutelsat GEO fleet via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • EUTELSAT 117 WEST BCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Eutelsat
SATCAT owner code
EUTE · Eutelsat
Country
France FR

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
15 Jun 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-038
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9V6NXRFGCNTV7GF80B → con_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9V6NXRFGCNTV7GF80B → con_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Owner Code∅ → EUTECelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 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 9 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 18:53 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
41589
COSPAR / international designator
2016-038B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGY1
Canonical slug
eutelsat-117-west-b-41589

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.