SKYNET 4D

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SKYNET 4D is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 25134

Int'l Code: 1998-002A

Perigee: 36,092.0 km

Apogee: 36,126.9 km

Inclination: 11.1 °

Period: 1,452.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 42480 km

RCS: 15.9489 m² (large)

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   19111.01987310 -.00000214 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9994
2 25134 011.0998 026.3426 0004101 027.7805 157.8661 00.99156058077453

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC