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ABS 3 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 24901
Int'l Code: 1997-042A
Perigee: 36,050.1 km
Apogee: 36,107.3 km
Inclination: 10.9 °
Period: 1,450.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 42449 km
RCS: 10 m2 (large)
Launch date: August 19, 1997
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 24901U 97042A   26015.37145830 -.00000187  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 24901  10.8908  44.0880 0006730 230.4864 327.4204  0.99263846103712
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC