CHINASAT 10

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CHINASAT 10 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37677

Int'l Code: 2011-026A

Perigee: 35,778.9 km

Apogee: 35,813.4 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42167 km

RCS: 50.1187 m² (large)

Launch date: June 20, 2011
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Chinasat 10 is a television broadcasting and broadband communications satellite. China Satcom will be the satellite's primary operator during its 15-year service life. The satellite is based on the DFH-4 communications satellite bus built by the China Academy of Space Technology. It replaces the Chinasat 5B satellite launched in 1998. China Satcom's website says Chinasat 10 will provide communications, broadcasting, data transmission, digital broadband multimedia system and media streaming services across China and neighboring countries. Chinasat 10 carries a payload of C-band and Ku-band transponders.

1 37677U 11026A   24346.89354837 -.00000336  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 37677   0.0592 269.6862 0004091 303.1719 300.3612  1.00263301 49425

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC