▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0097°
Eccentricity	0.0001161
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,792 km
Perigee	35,782 km
Mean motion	1.00270925 rev/day
RAAN	52.8446°
Arg of perigee	126.0495°
Mean anomaly	231.8117°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	5,094

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 38740U 12043A 26188.15858126 -.00000009 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

2 38740 0.0097 52.8446 0001161 126.0495 231.8117 1.00270925 50942

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "INTELSAT 20 (IS-20)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-043A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:48:21.421+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00270925,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001161,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0097,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 52.8446,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 126.0495,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 231.8117,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38740,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5094,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -9e-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	INTELSAT 20 (IS-20)
Operator	Intelsat S.A., US headquartersHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree IntelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Aug 2, 2012HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	6094HIGHvia 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

GET /api/v1/satellites/38740

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