Geostationary
EUTELSAT 172B
Asia-Pacific Maritime Ka-band Broadband (All-Electric) · Eutelsat
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Eutelsat's all-electric satellite at 172°E serving the Asia-Pacific maritime market — the first satellite in the world specifically designed to target the maritime broadband market from its initial conception. Its Ka-band throughput is focused on major Asia-Pacific shipping routes, providing the bandwidth needed for modern vessels to transmit engine telemetry, cargo management data, electronic chart updates, and crew welfare internet simultaneously. Eutelsat-172B shows how satellite operators are building satellites around specific market verticals rather than general-purpose coverage.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,242 mi (35,793–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42741
- Int’l designator
- 2017-029B
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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