LUCH 5A

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LUCH 5A is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37951

Int'l Code: 2011-074B

Perigee: 35,781.7 km

Apogee: 35,805.4 km

Inclination: 3.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 7.0166 m² (large)

Launch date: December 11, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

LUCH 5A, built by ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space, will be positioned at 16 deg. W. Long., where it will offer seven S-band and Ku-band channels. The 1,148-kg spacecraft will provide TV and data communications links between the International Space Station and the ground, as well as orbital control of spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

1 37951U 11074B   20050.86481610 -.00000067  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 37951   2.9988 118.9101 0002806 235.7813 272.7348  1.00272589 30032

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC