SATMEX 6

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SATMEX 6 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 29162

Int'l Code: 2006-020A

Perigee: 36,154.5 km

Apogee: 36,188.8 km

Inclination: 2.1 °

Period: 1,455.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 42542 km

RCS: 72.7761 m² (large)

Launch date: May 27, 2006
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Satmex 6 is a Space Systems/Loral FS-1300X capable of generating 14.1 kW (BOL), with a total of 60 transponders: 36 C-Band transponders for CONUS, South America and Continental coverage, and 24 Ku-Band transponders serving the USA, Mexico and Continental regions, with a hot spot over the major cities in South America. It offers additional benefits: antenna size reduction, linealizer in each channel, one single continental footprint for the Americas, switchable coverage in both C and Ku bands and high-power coverage of South America and the Caribbean.

1 29162U 06020A   26049.92243546 -.00000266  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 29162   2.0765  83.5442 0004031 280.6150 268.9370  0.98938727 72195

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC