SATMEX 5

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SATMEX 5 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 25558

Int'l Code: 1998-070A

Launch date: December 6, 1998
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

SATMEX 5 was a Mexican communications satellite that offered nearly 8,000 watts of power and carried 48 transponders, 24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band. It was the fifth satellite Hughes Space and Communications Company built that used XIPS. It provided improved services, such as business communications, television distribution, educational programming, and others, with high reliability. The satellite beams expanded to include the whole American continent, providing services to countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela, the US, among others.

1 25558U 98070A   26285.78447528 -.00000150  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 25558  10.5964  50.7853 0004311 125.4265 243.8144  0.98720974101626

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC