SPACEWAY 1

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SPACEWAY 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 28644

Int'l Code: 2005-015A

Perigee: 36,278.1 km

Apogee: 36,322.3 km

Inclination: 3.8 °

Period: 1,462.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42671 km

RCS: 5.0118 m² (large)

Launch date: April 26, 2005
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: SEA LAUNCH (SEAL)

SPACEWAY 1 is an American geostationary communications satellite that was launched at 07:32 UT on 26 April 2005 by a Zenit 3SL rocket from the floating platform, Odyssey parked at 154 deg-W longitude on the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The satellite belongs to the well-known fleet of DIRECTV. The 3.8 tonne, 12.3 kW, 3.4 m x 3.2 m x 5.1 m satellite will provide high-speed internet connections along with digital TV and other channels to all of North America through its 17 Ku-band transponders after parking over 102.8 deg-W longitude.

1 28644U 05015A   23156.74397458 -.00000190  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 28644   3.8372  83.4163 0005181  49.1655   1.9739  0.98491951 35271

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC