DIRECTV 8

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DIRECTV 8 is classified as:

• Geostationary
• TV

NORAD ID: 28659
Int'l Code: 2005-019A
Perigee: 35,780.6 km
Apogee: 35,806.3 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
RCS: 16.3299 m² (large)
Launch date: May 22, 2005
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

DirecTV 8 is an American geostationary communications satellite. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band and four Ka-band transponders to provide high definition TV after parking over 93 deg-W longitude.

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SPACE STATION Track 1 satellite(s)

1 28659U 05019A   24140.15396894  .00000015  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 28659   0.0397  87.1019 0003042 334.9811 111.6118  1.00272909 69571

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC