▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0232°
Eccentricity	0.0003113
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,800 km
Perigee	35,773 km
Mean motion	1.00272315 rev/day
RAAN	288.9799°
Arg of perigee	182.6385°
Mean anomaly	227.7326°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	3,304

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 42801U 17038A 26188.14540787 .00000026 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

2 42801 0.0232 288.9799 0003113 182.6385 227.7326 1.00272315 33047

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "BULGARIASAT-1",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2017-038A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:29:23.24+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272315,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0003113,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0232,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 288.9799,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 182.6385,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 227.7326,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 42801,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3304,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 2.6e-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	BULGARIASAT-1
Operator	Bulgaria Sat ADHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Bulgaria SatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	BulgariaMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Jun 23, 2017HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4000HIGH

▸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/42801

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