RASCOM QAF 1R

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RASCOM QAF 1R is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36831

Int'l Code: 2010-037B

Perigee: 35,769.3 km

Apogee: 35,817.6 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 63.1137 m² (large)

Launch date: August 4, 2010
Source: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASC)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Rascom-QAF 1R was ordered to replace a nearly identical satellite crippled by a helium leak after launch in 2007. The glitch forced the first Rascom-QAF satellite to burn more propellant than expected, reducing its useful life from 15 years to two or three years. Rascom-QAF 1R will be stationed at 2.85 degrees east longitude with 12 C-band and eight Ku-band transponders, beaming television, telephone and Internet services across Africa.

1 36831U 10037B   24130.10257750  .00000018  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 36831   0.0206 117.9549 0005733 290.2402 219.0490  1.00272851 50583

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC