Military
NORAD ID: 33055
Int'l Code: 2008-030A
Perigee: 35,781.0 km
Apogee: 35,807.0 km
Inclination: 0.1 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: June 12, 2008
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Comments: Skynet 5C is the third and currently final Skynet 5 military communications satellite, to be used by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The satellite carries an X-band communications payload to reach military users throughout a large swath of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Equipped with 24 super-high-frequency and UHF channels, the satellite will serve as an orbital relay station for secure jam-resistant voice, video and digital communications between commanders and troops deployed around the world.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33055U 08030A 15024.27611178 -.00000154 00000-0 00000+0 0 1185
2 33055 000.0697 342.6632 0003078 295.9024 286.2320 01.00270924 24234
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SKYNET 5C
