▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0412°
Eccentricity	0.0000151
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,788 km
Perigee	35,787 km
Mean motion	1.00269850 rev/day
RAAN	201.0027°
Arg of perigee	333.1848°
Mean anomaly	335.8588°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,675

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 36131U 09075A 26187.91080358 -.00000088 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990

2 36131 0.0412 201.0027 0000151 333.1848 335.8588 1.00269850 46755

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "DIRECTV 12",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-075A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T21:51:33.429+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.0026985,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000151,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0412,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 201.0027,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 333.1848,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 335.8588,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 36131,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4675,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -8.8e-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 12
Operator	DirecTVHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog DirecTVMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Dec 29, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	5900HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—

▸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.