▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0561°
Eccentricity	0.0002835
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,799 km
Perigee	35,775 km
Mean motion	1.00271044 rev/day
RAAN	263.9405°
Arg of perigee	203.2619°
Mean anomaly	301.5158°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,462

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 39460U 13071A 26188.07961659 -.00000254 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 39460 0.0561 263.9405 0002835 203.2619 301.5158 1.00271044 44624

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SES-8",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2013-071A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:54:38.873+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00271044,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002835,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0561,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 263.9405,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 203.2619,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 301.5158,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 39460,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4462,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000254,
  "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	SES-8
Operator	SES Satellite Leasing Ltd. (Isle of Man)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree SES S.A.MEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United Kingdom
Launch date	Dec 3, 2013HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3138HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims9

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

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