SKYNET 5C

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SKYNET 5C is classified as:

NORAD ID: 33055

Int'l Code: 2008-030A

Perigee: 35,774.2 km

Apogee: 35,814.5 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 28.2811 m² (large)

Launch date: June 12, 2008
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Skynet 5C is the third and currently final Skynet 5 military communications satellite, to be used by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The satellite carries an X-band communications payload to reach military users throughout a large swath of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Equipped with 24 super-high-frequency and UHF channels, the satellite will serve as an orbital relay station for secure jam-resistant voice, video and digital communications between commanders and troops deployed around the world.

1 33055U 08030A   18323.87327279 -.00000128 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9991
2 33055 000.0649 346.1935 0004788 247.5098 121.7397 01.00269588038213

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC