▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0112°
Eccentricity	0.0000757
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,790 km
Perigee	35,784 km
Mean motion	1.00269439 rev/day
RAAN	1.0597°
Arg of perigee	246.4288°
Mean anomaly	161.2269°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	2,961

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 43488U 18049A 26188.07961659 -.00000254 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999

2 43488 0.0112 1.0597 0000757 246.4288 161.2269 1.00269439 29617

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SES-12",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2018-049A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:54:38.873+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00269439,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000757,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0112,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 1.0597,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 246.4288,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 161.2269,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 43488,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 2961,
  "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-12
Operator	SES S.A.HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog SES S.A.MEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Luxembourg
Launch date	Jun 4, 2018HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	5384HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—

▸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.