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NORAD ID: 25937
Int'l Code: 1999-056A
Perigee: 36,148.2 km
Apogee: 36,183.6 km
Inclination: 2.1 °
Period: 1,455.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42536 km
Launch date: October 10, 1999
Source: United States (US)
Comments: First commercial launch by Sea Launch consortium (American, Russian, Ukrainian companies); 16 Ku-band; video channels directly to home-based dishes; anticipated 50 million homes in North America.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 25937U 99056A 15023.51845543 .00000052 00000-0 00000+0 0 9661
2 25937 002.0728 073.8508 0004162 159.0089 315.6329 00.98958604 55999
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DIRECTV 1R
