NILESAT 201

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NILESAT 201 is classified as:

TV
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 36830

Int'l Code: 2010-037A

Perigee: 35,779.1 km

Apogee: 35,808.5 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 51.5754 m² (large)

Launch date: August 4, 2010
Source: Egypt (EGYP)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Nilesat 201 will enter service at 7 degrees west longitude, joining two other Nilesat spacecraft and a European-owned satellite to provide direct-to-home television, radio and broadband Internet services to Africa and the Middle East. The satellite carries 24 Ku-band and four Ka-band transponders for Nilesat, Egypt's state-controlled telecommunications company.

1 36830U 10037A   23034.86256043 -.00000055  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 36830   0.0511 215.2702 0003493  86.5470 135.4412  1.00271654 46036

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC