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OPTUS C1
Australian Commercial Communications · Optus / Australia
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An Australian commercial communications satellite serving Australian broadcasting, broadband, and maritime communications. Optus is Australia's primary domestic satellite operator, providing the backbone for satellite television reception across Australia's vast outback where cable reaches less than half the population. Optus C1 delivers Australian free-to-air and pay television channels to rural homesteads, farms, and remote communities across one of the world's least densely populated continents.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,227–22,256 mi (35,771–35,818 km)
- Inclination
- 7.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 27831
- Int’l designator
- 2003-028B
- Launched
- 2003
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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