ABS 3

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ABS 3 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 24901

Int'l Code: 1997-042A

Perigee: 36,071.2 km

Apogee: 36,089.0 km

Inclination: 9.7 °

Period: 1,450.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 42451 km

RCS: 10 m² (large)

Launch date: August 19, 1997
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links.

1 24901U 97042A   24138.89075892  .00000085  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 24901   9.6729  48.9032 0002091  42.4869 150.6814  0.99258908 97665

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC