GSAT 8

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GSAT 8 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37605

Int'l Code: 2011-022A

Perigee: 35,777.9 km

Apogee: 35,810.0 km

Inclination: 0.2 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 6.3096 m² (large)

Launch date: May 20, 2011
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

India's GSAT 8 satellite will be ready for communications duties by mid-June 2011 to start a 12-year mission beaming broadcast and navigation signals. It will be parked along the equator at 55 degrees east longitude after a series of rocket burns to guide GSAT 8 into the correct position in space. The spacecraft will augment India's INSAT communications satellite fleet. GSAT 8 will be used for direct-to-home broadcasting, data collection, news-gathering and other domestic needs. The satellite also carries a radio navigation instrument called GAGAN to augment GPS navigation signals. It is the first of multiple satellites with the GAGAN payload, which is designed to improve air navigation in India.

1 37605U 11022A   24139.17903800  .00000095  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 37605   0.1615  91.8774 0003813 213.6350  50.3780  1.00271030 47623

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC