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Satellite · NORAD 39163 · COSPAR 2013-022A

EUTELSAT 7B

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,730.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.07°

Period

23.9 h

1,433.5 min

Perigee

35,726km

Apogee

35,744km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:01 UTC (6.5 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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 7BEUTELSAT 7B
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.015° S
Longitude
15.577° E
Altitude
35730.3 km
Velocity
3.077 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:01 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • EUTELSAT 7BCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Eutelsat
SATCAT owner code
EUTE · Eutelsat
Country
France FR

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
14 May 2013
COSPAR launch id
2013-022

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeEUTECelestrak 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 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 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
39163
COSPAR / international designator
2013-022A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69TP
Canonical slug
eutelsat-7b-39163

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.