LUCH 5A

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LUCH 5A is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37951

Int'l Code: 2011-074B

Perigee: 35,856.5 km

Apogee: 35,883.7 km

Inclination: 1.6 °

Period: 1,440.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42241 km

RCS: 7.0166 m² (large)

Launch date: December 11, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

LUCH 5A, built by ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space, will be positioned at 16 deg. W. Long., where it will offer seven S-band and Ku-band channels. The 1,148-kg spacecraft will provide TV and data communications links between the International Space Station and the ground, as well as orbital control of spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

1 37951U 11074B   16274.71947758 -.00000067  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 37951   1.6361 205.2056 0003213 341.9372 248.8381  1.00271572 17627

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC