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ASIASAT 1

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ASIASAT 1 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 20558
Int'l Code: 1990-030A
Perigee: 36,069.4 km
Apogee: 36,099.4 km
Inclination: 14.8 °
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).
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 20558U 90030A   23152.23867973 -.00000014  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2 20558  14.7670   7.3585 0003533  62.9719 291.5498  0.99243817120669
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC