▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0240°
Eccentricity	0.0000265
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,788 km
Perigee	35,786 km
Mean motion	1.00269855 rev/day
RAAN	288.5179°
Arg of perigee	231.2088°
Mean anomaly	102.6338°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	3,340

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 42740U 17029A 26188.13091677 -.00000250 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

2 42740 0.0240 288.5179 0000265 231.2088 102.6338 1.00269855 33401

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "VIASAT-2",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2017-029A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:08:31.209+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00269855,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000265,
  "INCLINATION": 0.024,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 288.5179,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 231.2088,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 102.6338,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 42740,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3340,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.0000025,
  "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-2
Operator	ViaSat Inc.HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree ViasatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Jun 1, 2017HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	6418HIGHvia 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.