Geostationary
NORAD ID: 26578
Int'l Code: 2000-066A
Perigee: 36,133.2 km
Apogee: 36,181.3 km
Inclination: 5.3 °
Period: 1,454.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 42528 km
Launch date: October 21, 2000
Source: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Comments: Capacity for 13,750 simultaneous calls; voice, fax, data transmissions from/to mobile telephones; Middle East, North and Central Africa, Europe, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 26578U 00066A 13142.45102683 -.00000226 00000-0 10000-3 0 750
2 26578 005.2730 029.1048 0005656 331.9784 027.7808 00.98989048 45914
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for THURAYA 1
