SKYNET 5C

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SKYNET 5C is classified as:

Geostationary
Military

NORAD ID: 33055

Int'l Code: 2008-030A

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.

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2 33055   3.9873  76.0335 0004778 103.2243 231.5228  1.00271775 66750

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC