SKYNET 4D

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SKYNET 4D is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 25134

Int'l Code: 1998-002A

Launch date: January 10, 1998
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

Skynet 4D was a British military geosynchronous communications satellite launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft was the first in the new series that is expected to replace the aging 1988-era series. The parking longitude was expected to be in western Europe.

1 25134U 98002A   26244.16600387 -.00000250  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 25134  12.8660  10.2757 0006093 182.4616 164.5580  0.99154466104129

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC