YAHSAT 1A

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YAHSAT 1A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37393

Int'l Code: 2011-016B

Perigee: 35,785.3 km

Apogee: 35,804.3 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 10 m² (large)

Launch date: April 22, 2011
Source: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

The high-powered Yahsat 1A satellite will be located in geosynchronous orbit along the equator at 52.5 degrees east longitude, putting the craft in range of communications customers across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Southwest Asia. Operated by Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. of Abu Dhabi, Yahsat 1A will provide direct-to-home television programming, secure Ka-band communications capacity for government and military applications in the United Arab Emirates and other nations. Yahsat 1A will also support communications links for corporate data networks and Internet trunking, according to the satellite operator. Weighing 13,150 pounds (5,965 kg) at launch, Yahsat 1A is based on the Eurostar E3000 satellite bus from Astrium. Thales Alenia Space of France built Yahsat 1A's Ku-band, C-band and Ka-band communications payload. Yahsat 1A is designed to work in space for more than 15 years.