SKYNET 5C

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SKYNET 5C is classified as:

NORAD ID: 33055

Int'l Code: 2008-030A

Perigee: 35,770.9 km

Apogee: 35,817.4 km

Inclination: 0.9 °

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   23161.04672389 -.00000142  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 33055   0.9488  88.1665 0005518 353.2150 175.7755  1.00270259 54832

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC