Geostationary
OPTUS-X (ADS-01)
Commercial Broadband · Optus / Australia
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Australia's newest commercial satellite, providing expanded Ka-band capacity for Optus's growing satellite services portfolio. Australia's satellite market continues to grow as NBN satellite internet drives infrastructure investment and commercial demand. Optus-X extends the operator's services and provides redundancy for Australia's critical satellite communications infrastructure in a country where satellite remains essential connectivity infrastructure for millions of rural residents.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,235–22,249 mi (35,784–35,806 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 62006
- Int’l designator
- 2024-212A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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