GE-23

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GE-23 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 28924

Int'l Code: 2005-052A

Perigee: 35,768.1 km

Apogee: 35,820.8 km

Inclination: 3.3 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 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   25184.88606567  .00000019  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 28924   3.3350  80.8910 0006247  22.8990 311.3528  1.00269323 48838

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC