Geostationary
NORAD ID: 32478
Int'l Code: 2008-003A
Perigee: 35,791.2 km
Apogee: 35,796.7 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: January 28, 2008
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: The 5,732-pound spacecraft will be stationed along the equator at 96.5 degrees east longitude, where its communications instruments can reach homes and offices in a swath stretching from the Asia-Pacific region to Eastern Europe. Owned by the Russian Satellite Communications Co., Express AM33 is designed to supply users with Internet, video, radio, and data services for at least 12 years. The craft will also provide mobile communications services for the Russian president and other top government officials, according to the satellite's state-owned operator.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 32478U 08003A 13141.85607731 -.00000278 00000-0 10000-3 0 4843
2 32478 000.0018 288.8366 0000654 205.1234 150.3810 01.00270978 19763
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS AM-33
