RASCOM 1

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RASCOM 1 is classified as:

Geostationary
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NORAD ID: 32387

Int'l Code: 2007-063A

Perigee: 36,081.3 km

Apogee: 36,188.2 km

Inclination: 6.5 °

Period: 1,453.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42505 km

RCS: 9.0249 m² (large)

Launch date: December 21, 2007
Source: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASC)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Rascom-QAF 1 will thrust itself into a circular geostationary orbit during the next few weeks. Its permanent home in space will be along the equator at 2.85 degrees east longitude, where its high-tech array of communications instruments can reach users across Africa.

1 32387U 07063A   19145.39910671 -.00000244 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9996
2 32387 006.4563 058.5107 0012582 006.8804 282.0052 00.99067559041913

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC