TV
NORAD ID: 25558
Int'l Code: 1998-070A
Perigee: 35,781.8 km
Apogee: 35,806.3 km
Inclination: 1.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
Launch date: December 6, 1998
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Comments: SATMEX 5 was a Mexican communications satellite that offered nearly 8,000 watts of power and carried 48 transponders, 24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band. It was the fifth satellite Hughes Space and Communications Company built that used XIPS. It provided improved services, such as business communications, television distribution, educational programming, and others, with high reliability. The satellite beams expanded to include the whole American continent, providing services to countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela, the US, among others.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 25558U 98070A 14204.70092102 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 5395
2 25558 001.0260 079.3837 0002909 043.0629 316.3509 01.00270771 57450
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SATMEX 5
