LUCH 5A

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LUCH 5A is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37951

Int'l Code: 2011-074B

Perigee: 35,777.3 km

Apogee: 35,811.4 km

Inclination: 6.8 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 7.0166 m² (large)

Launch date: December 11, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

LUCH 5A, built by ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space, will be positioned at 16 deg. W. Long., where it will offer seven S-band and Ku-band channels. The 1,148-kg spacecraft will provide TV and data communications links between the International Space Station and the ground, as well as orbital control of spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

1 37951U 11074B   24140.13486946 -.00000033  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 37951   6.8116  85.4271 0004043 345.6431  21.7501  1.00269600 45585

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC