SKYNET 4D

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SKYNET 4D is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 25134

Int'l Code: 1998-002A

Perigee: 36,088.1 km

Apogee: 36,132.2 km

Inclination: 12.3 °

Period: 1,452.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 42481 km

RCS: 15.9489 m² (large)

Launch date: January 10, 1998
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

Skynet 4D was a British military geosynchronous communications satellite launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft was the first in the new series that is expected to replace the aging 1988-era series. The parking longitude was expected to be in western Europe.

1 25134U 98002A   24130.61206243 -.00000251  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 25134  12.2859  15.3316 0005190 120.0021  72.7717  0.99153489 95759

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC