▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0239°
Eccentricity	0.0001979
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,795 km
Perigee	35,778 km
Mean motion	1.00272619 rev/day
RAAN	36.4422°
Arg of perigee	67.0728°
Mean anomaly	119.0562°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	5,126

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 38551U 12035A 26188.12381007 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990

2 38551 0.0239 36.4422 0001979 67.0728 119.0562 1.00272619 51261

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "ECHOSTAR 17",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-035A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:58:17.19+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272619,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001979,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0239,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 36.4422,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 67.0728,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 119.0562,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38551,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5126,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0,
  "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	ECHOSTAR 17
Operator	Echostar/Hughes Satellite Systems CorpHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Jul 5, 2012HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	6100HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/38551

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.