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NORAD ID: 29162
Int'l Code: 2006-020A
Perigee: -6,371.0 km
Apogee: -6,371.0 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 0.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 0 km
Launch date: May 27, 2006
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Comments: Satmex 6 is a Space Systems/Loral FS-1300X capable of generating 14.1 kW (BOL), with a total of 60 transponders: 36 C-Band transponders for CONUS, South America and Continental coverage, and 24 Ku-Band transponders serving the USA, Mexico and Continental regions, with a hot spot over the major cities in South America.
It offers additional benefits: antenna size reduction, linealizer in each channel, one single continental footprint for the Americas, switchable coverage in both C and Ku bands and high-power coverage of South America and the Caribbean.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29162U 06020A 13166.47500613 -.00000033 00000-0 00000+0 0 1203
2 29162 000.0516 213.0578 0002418 236.8589 232.0232 01.00267815 25849
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SATMEX 6
