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Satellite · NORAD 29495 · COSPAR 2006-043B

OPTUS D1

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Australia
  • Constellation —
  • Country Australia

Altitude now

35,780.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

3.25°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,772km

Apogee

35,802km

orbit freshOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:02 UTC (8.3 h old)· Metadata updated 13 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.

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Latitude
1.355° N
Longitude
151.899° E
Altitude
35780.0 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:02 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • OPTUS D1Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
AUS · Australia
Country
Australia AU

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
13 Oct 2006
COSPAR launch id
2006-043
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Objects from the same launch · 4

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → AUCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → AUSCelestrak 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 11 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 13 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%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

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
29495
COSPAR / international designator
2006-043B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM278
Canonical slug
optus-d1-29495

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.