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NORAD ID: 29162
Int'l Code: 2006-020A
Perigee: 35,784.9 km
Apogee: 35,802.5 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 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 14206.36021169 -.00000053 00000-0 00000+0 0 4734
2 29162 000.0393 253.1678 0002079 217.8576 208.6175 01.00271978 29907
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SATMEX 6
