GE-23

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GE-23 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 28924

Int'l Code: 2005-052A

Perigee: 35,769.5 km

Apogee: 35,817.4 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 7.9621 m² (large)

Launch date: December 29, 2005
Source: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTE)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

AMC 23, with a pre-launch name of Worldsat 3, is an American geostationary communications satellite that was launched by a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur at 02:28 UT on 29 December 2005. The five tonne craft carries 20 high-power Ku-band, and 18 C-band transponders to provide voice, video and internet services to the Asia-Pacific region after parking over 172 deg-E longitude. The satellite has been renamed GE-23.

1 28924U 05052A   17262.27253149 -.00000038 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9990
2 28924 000.0666 351.9768 0005679 193.0883 083.4091 01.00272701020336

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC