▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0159°
Eccentricity	0.0002257
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,797 km
Perigee	35,778 km
Mean motion	1.00269824 rev/day
RAAN	11.6162°
Arg of perigee	98.1605°
Mean anomaly	104.2258°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,752

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 37843U 11059A 26188.12225007 -.00000008 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 37843 0.0159 11.6162 0002257 98.1605 104.2258 1.00269824 47526

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "VIASAT-1",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2011-059A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:56:02.406+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00269824,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002257,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0159,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 11.6162,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 98.1605,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 104.2258,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 37843,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4752,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -8e-8,
  "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	VIASAT-1
Operator	ViaSat Inc.HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree ViasatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Oct 19, 2011HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	6740HIGHvia 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.