INTELSAT 16

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INTELSAT 16 is classified as:

Geostationary
Intelsat
TV

NORAD ID: 36397

Int'l Code: 2010-006A

Perigee: 35,783.9 km

Apogee: 35,803.7 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 10 m² (large)

Launch date: February 12, 2010
Source: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Intelsat 16 will hover over the equator at 58 degrees west longitude. After several months of testing, the satellite will enter service providing HDTV news, sports and entertainment for SKY Mexico and SKY Brazil, local broadcasting subsidaries of DirecTV.

1 36397U 10006A   24117.82332069 -.00000230  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 36397   0.0070 288.9146 0002357 138.7497   7.8326  1.00271556 51819

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC