▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	2.9981°
Eccentricity	0.0003204
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,801 km
Perigee	35,774 km
Mean motion	1.00268606 rev/day
RAAN	78.9596°
Arg of perigee	30.6793°
Mean anomaly	173.7659°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,754

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 33459U 08065A 26188.13509448 -.00000269 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990

2 33459 2.9981 78.9596 0003204 30.6793 173.7659 1.00268606 47543

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13C",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2008-065A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:14:32.163+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00268606,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0003204,
  "INCLINATION": 2.9981,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 78.9596,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 30.6793,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 173.7659,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 33459,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4754,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000269,
  "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	EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13C
Operator	Eutelsat SAHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree EutelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	France
Launch date	Dec 20, 2008HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4880HIGHvia 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.