ASIASAT 1

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ASIASAT 1 is classified as:

• Geostationary

NORAD ID: 20558
Int'l Code: 1990-030A
Perigee: 36,051.3 km
Apogee: 36,116.2 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).

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1 20558U 90030A   20051.23382736 -.00000332  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 20558  14.4920  17.0475 0007644 323.8812  36.1129  0.99246150108786

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC