▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0135°
Eccentricity	0.0002927
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,799 km
Perigee	35,774 km
Mean motion	1.00272603 rev/day
RAAN	302.9731°
Arg of perigee	172.7228°
Mean anomaly	64.1212°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,605

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 32951U 08024A 26188.04941985 .00000040 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

2 32951 0.0135 302.9731 0002927 172.7228 64.1212 1.00272603 46057

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "GALAXY 18 (G-18)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2008-024A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:11:09.875+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272603,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002927,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0135,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 302.9731,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 172.7228,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 64.1212,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 32951,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4605,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 4e-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	GALAXY 18 (G-18)
Operator	Intelsat Ltd, US headquartersHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree IntelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	May 21, 2008HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4640HIGHvia 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.