ASIASAT 1

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ASIASAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 20558

Int'l Code: 1990-030A

Perigee: 36,081.7 km

Apogee: 36,086.8 km

Inclination: 14.9 °

Period: 1,451.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42455 km

RCS: 22.5892 m² (large)

Launch date: April 7, 1990
Source: Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (ASIASAT) (AC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

This spacecraft was originally deployed from the Shuttle flight STS-41B in February, 1984, as Westar 6. That spacecraft became stranded in the wrong orbit and was recovered by Shuttle flight STS-51A in November, 1984. The retrieved satellite was bought by the AsiaSat consortium, whose members are: Cable & Wireless; Hutchinson Whampoa; China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC, which is a subsidiary of the Bank of China).

1 20558U 90030A   25199.13309359 -.00000044  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 20558  14.8796   1.5466 0000598 253.2110 112.7370  0.99244254 42900

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC