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NORAD ID: 25937
Int'l Code: 1999-056A
Perigee: 35,784.6 km
Apogee: 35,804.1 km
Inclination: 1.2 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 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 13342.88470899 .00000072 00000-0 10000-3 0 6205
2 25937 001.2175 075.7526 0002316 166.9792 209.3505 01.00269628 51912
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DIRECTV 1R
