Geostationary
OPTUS D1
Australian Commercial Communications · Optus / Australia
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An Australian domestic communications satellite providing direct-to-home TV and broadband across Australia. Optus D1 is part of the Optus fleet that gives Australians in remote areas access to television, telephone, and internet services — connecting a population dispersed across a continent-sized country where terrestrial infrastructure reaches only a fraction of the geographic coverage area.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,232–22,251 mi (35,779–35,810 km)
- Inclination
- 3.3°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 29495
- Int’l designator
- 2006-043B
- Launched
- 2006
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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