▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0304°
Eccentricity	0.0000025
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,787 km
Perigee	35,786 km
Mean motion	1.00272253 rev/day
RAAN	127.4730°
Arg of perigee	149.5543°
Mean anomaly	218.8789°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	3,394

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 42741U 17029B 26188.10784272 .00000010 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 42741 0.0304 127.4730 0000025 149.5543 218.8789 1.00272253 33943

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "EUTELSAT 172B",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2017-029B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:35:17.611+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272253,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000025,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0304,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 127.473,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 149.5543,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 218.8789,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 42741,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3394,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 1e-7,
  "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	EUTELSAT 172B
Operator	Eutelsat SAHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree EutelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	FranceMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Jun 1, 2017HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3551HIGH

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims10

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

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

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/42741

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