ASIASAT 1

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ASIASAT 1 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 20558

Int'l Code: 1990-030A

Perigee: 36,062.7 km

Apogee: 36,104.7 km

Inclination: 14.5 °

Period: 1,450.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 42454 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   20191.30221045 -.00000256 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9996
2 20558 014.5389 015.8302 0004947 357.3069 007.3761 00.99246371024694

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC