▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0560°
Eccentricity	0.0000476
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,789 km
Perigee	35,785 km
Mean motion	1.00271875 rev/day
RAAN	265.1406°
Arg of perigee	291.8205°
Mean anomaly	44.1010°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	1,230

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 55970U 23038A 26188.16394477 -.00000086 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

2 55970 0.0560 265.1406 0000476 291.8205 44.1010 1.00271875 12304

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SES-18",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2023-038A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:56:04.828+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00271875,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000476,
  "INCLINATION": 0.056,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 265.1406,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 291.8205,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 44.101,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 55970,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 1230,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -8.6e-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	SES-18
Operator	SES S.A.HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog SES S.A.MEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Luxembourg
Launch date	Mar 17, 2023HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3605HIGHvia 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.