TV
NORAD ID: 25937
Int'l Code: 1999-056A
Perigee: 36,143.4 km
Apogee: 36,187.4 km
Inclination: 1.7 °
Period: 1,455.1 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 14204.22263789 -.00000039 00000-0 00000+0 0 8200
2 25937 001.6897 074.5951 0005162 075.3483 260.5523 00.98960516 54167
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DIRECTV 1R
