Geostationary
NORAD ID: 19688
Int'l Code: 1988-109B
Perigee: 36,268.3 km
Apogee: 36,420.6 km
Inclination: 11.5 °
Period: 1,464.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 42715 km
Launch date: December 11, 1988
Source: Luxembourg (LUXE)
Comments: ASTRA 1 was a Luxembourg television satellite launched from Kourou, French Guiana. It was owned and operated by Societe Europienne des Satellites (SES), a private company formed in 1985. It carried 16 Ku-band transponders (with six spares) and had a design life of 12 years.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 19688U 88109B 14202.27672556 -.00000219 00000-0 00000+0 0 3836
2 19688 011.4813 042.5047 0017827 028.2062 322.0056 00.98338897 73338
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ASTRA 1A
