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SKYNET 5C

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SKYNET 5C is classified as:


NORAD ID: 33055
Int'l Code: 2008-030A
Perigee: 35,777.3 km
Apogee: 35,810.4 km
Inclination: 2.3 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
RCS: 28.2811 m2 (large)
Launch date: June 12, 2008
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

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.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33055U 08030A   24305.41990970 -.00000122  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 33055   2.2566  83.8694 0003933 145.6211 304.0949  1.00271434 60002
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC