▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	8.8691°
Eccentricity	0.0002703
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,798 km
Perigee	35,775 km
Mean motion	1.00272633 rev/day
RAAN	31.8876°
Arg of perigee	19.7796°
Mean anomaly	204.8391°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	8,454

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 27825U 03026A 26187.79922808 .00000134 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992

2 27825 8.8691 31.8876 0002703 19.7796 204.8391 1.00272633 84544

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "THURAYA-2",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2003-026A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T19:10:53.306+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272633,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002703,
  "INCLINATION": 8.8691,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 31.8876,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 19.7796,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 204.8391,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 27825,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 8454,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000134,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	THURAYA-2
Operator	Thuraya SatelliteHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree ThurayaMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United Arab Emirates
Launch date	Jun 10, 2003HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	5177HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.