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Satellite · NORAD 40875 · COSPAR 2015-039B

EUTELSAT 8 WEST B

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,793.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.07°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,771km

Apogee

35,802km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 08:47 UTC (11.4 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 8 WEST BEUTELSAT 8 WEST B
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.038° S
Longitude
7.918° W
Altitude
35793.3 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 08:47 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • EUTELSAT 8 WEST BCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Eutelsat
SATCAT owner code
EUTE · Eutelsat
Country
France FR

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
20 Aug 2015
COSPAR launch id
2015-039

Objects from the same launch · 3

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
40875
COSPAR / international designator
2015-039B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHBG
Canonical slug
eutelsat-8-west-b-40875

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.