CHINASAT 15A

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CHINASAT 15A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39017

Int'l Code: 2012-067A

Perigee: 35,780.5 km

Apogee: 35,808.0 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 0.003 m² (small)

Launch date: November 27, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

CHINASAT 12 will reach customers in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East with 24 C-band and 23 Ku-band transponders. The satellite 12 was designed as an 'ITAR-free' version of the Thales Spacebus 4000 C2 satellite platform, avoiding the use of U.S. components to bypass U.S. government regulations restricting trade in satellite parts, preventing their launch on Chinese rockets. CHINASAT 12 will provide television broadcasting, data transmission, digital broadband multimedia and media streaming services in China and neighboring regions.

1 39017U 12067A   24139.03799213 -.00000197  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 39017   0.0017  15.7610 0003263  38.1688 283.4288  1.00269994 42087

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC