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O3B FM13
Medium Earth Orbit Broadband (O3B Constellation) · SES
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O3B FM13, part of SES's original O3B ('Other 3 Billion') medium-Earth-orbit broadband constellation, providing the technology that let SES prove medium-Earth-orbit broadband could rival terrestrial fiber years before Starlink made low-orbit broadband a household term.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 5,018–5,019 mi (8,075–8,077 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 4.8 hours5.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43234
- Int’l designator
- 2018-024D
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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