▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0169°
Eccentricity	0.0002475
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,798 km
Perigee	35,777 km
Mean motion	1.00270016 rev/day
RAAN	315.0873°
Arg of perigee	173.1047°
Mean anomaly	24.5633°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	5,985

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 36397U 10006A 26187.84481654 -.00000230 00000-0 00000-0 0 9995

2 36397 0.0169 315.0873 0002475 173.1047 24.5633 1.00270016 59851

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "INTELSAT 16 (IS-16)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2010-006A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T20:16:32.149+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00270016,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002475,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0169,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 315.0873,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 173.1047,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 24.5633,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 36397,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5985,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.0000023,
  "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	INTELSAT 16 (IS-16)
Operator	Intelsat S.A., US headquartersHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree IntelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Feb 12, 2010HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	2056HIGHvia 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.