Geostationary
SKY MUSTER 2 (NBN1B)
National Broadband (Rural Australia) · NBN Co / Australia
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The companion to Sky Muster 1, doubling NBN satellite capacity for rural Australia. Together Sky Muster 1 and 2 provide the backbone for Australian satellite broadband connecting remote communities across a continent-sized country. The service has been particularly transformative for children in remote areas accessing online education — students in outback Queensland and Western Australia now have the same educational resources as city students, connected through satellites 22,200 miles overhead.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,246 mi (35,788–35,801 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41794
- Int’l designator
- 2016-060B
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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