TELSTAR 2 (A-41)
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About This Satellite
TELSTAR 2 (A-41) is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 573 with international designator 63013A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by BTL, on the TSX platform, with a launch mass of about 79 kg, with a shape described as Sphere + Ant. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its MEO orbit had an apogee of about 10.815 km and a perigee near 969 km, with an inclination of 42.76° and a period of roughly 225.3 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 3.73 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, TELSTAR 2 (A-41)'s apogee was 10.815 km, where its speed was about 3.73 km/s, completing about 6.4 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.