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STAR ONE D1
Commercial Communications · Embratel Star One / Brazil
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A Brazilian commercial communications satellite operated by Embratel Star One — Brazil's leading satellite operator. Star One D1 provides Ku and Ka-band services for direct-to-home TV, broadband internet, and corporate networks across Latin America. Brazil is Latin America's largest satellite market, driven by a vast territory, uneven terrestrial infrastructure, and a television-hungry population of 215 million people.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,248 mi (35,785–35,805 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41904
- Int’l designator
- 2016-082B
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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