ANGOSAT 1

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ANGOSAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 43087

Int'l Code: 2017-086A

Perigee: 35,977.9 km

Apogee: 36,112.8 km

Inclination: 5.7 °

Period: 1,449.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42416 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 26, 2017
Source: (AGO)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

ANGOSAT 1 is Angola’s first satellite and carries a communications payload consisting of sixteen C-band and six Ku-band transponders. It is a relatively lightweight satellite with a mass of only 1647 kilograms (3631 lb). The satellite will be operated by Angola’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology. It will be placed in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 14 degrees East and is expected to operate for at least fifteen years. Once in orbit the satellite will use eight SPT-70 xenon ion thrusters to keep station. It is not equipped with a liquid apogee motor, and will instead be carried almost all the way to geostationary orbit by the carrier rocket’s upper stage.

1 43087U 17086A   24138.80674453 -.00000272  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 43087   5.6602  75.9447 0015907 151.0969  62.3649  0.99380848 23174

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC