▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0198°
Eccentricity	0.0003159
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,800 km
Perigee	35,773 km
Mean motion	1.00271820 rev/day
RAAN	44.5404°
Arg of perigee	73.4869°
Mean anomaly	66.0191°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	7,727

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 28659U 05019A 26188.05019985 .00000016 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 28659 0.0198 44.5404 0003159 73.4869 66.0191 1.00271820 77273

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "DIRECTV 8",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2005-019A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:12:17.267+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.0027182,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0003159,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0198,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 44.5404,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 73.4869,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 66.0191,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 28659,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 7727,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 1.6e-7,
  "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	DIRECTV 8
Operator	DirecTVHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	May 22, 2005HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3711HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/28659

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