SATMEX 5

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SATMEX 5 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 25558

Int'l Code: 1998-070A

Perigee: 36,205.4 km

Apogee: 36,261.9 km

Inclination: 8.6 °

Period: 1,458.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42604 km

RCS: 18.2968 m² (large)

Launch date: December 6, 1998
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

SATMEX 5 was a Mexican communications satellite that offered nearly 8,000 watts of power and carried 48 transponders, 24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band. It was the fifth satellite Hughes Space and Communications Company built that used XIPS. It provided improved services, such as business communications, television distribution, educational programming, and others, with high reliability. The satellite beams expanded to include the whole American continent, providing services to countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela, the US, among others.

1 25558U 98070A   24140.15118569 -.00000209  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 25558   8.6149  58.8322 0006631  31.8525 172.2714  0.98722847 92960

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC