RASCOM QAF 1R

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RASCOM QAF 1R is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36831

Int'l Code: 2010-037B

Perigee: 35,769.3 km

Apogee: 35,816.7 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: 63.1137 m² (large)

Launch date: August 4, 2010
Source: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASC)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Rascom-QAF 1R was ordered to replace a nearly identical satellite crippled by a helium leak after launch in 2007. The glitch forced the first Rascom-QAF satellite to burn more propellant than expected, reducing its useful life from 15 years to two or three years. Rascom-QAF 1R will be stationed at 2.85 degrees east longitude with 12 C-band and eight Ku-band transponders, beaming television, telephone and Internet services across Africa.

1 36831U 10037B   24115.19029910  .00000033  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 36831   0.0249 120.5282 0005625 268.6123 254.9707  1.00274436 50426

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC