EUTELSAT 25B (ES'HAIL 1)

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EUTELSAT 25B (ES'HAIL 1) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39233

Int'l Code: 2013-044A

Perigee: 35,782.6 km

Apogee: 35,803.8 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 29, 2013
Source: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTE)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

EUTELSAT 25B (nown as Es'hail 1 by Qatar) will broadcast television and other services over a swath of the Middle East and North Africa. The spacecraft, built by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, Calif., is beginning a 15-year mission with Ku-band and Ka-band transponders. Designed to serve commercial customers and offer secure communications to the government of Qatar, the satellite will be positioned at 25.5 degrees east longitude for a 15-year mission. It is Qatar's first national satellite, giving Qatar independent access to television, voice, Internet and corporate communications services, while extending Eutelsat's product offerings in the region.

1 39233U 13044A   25346.21006537  .00000153  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 39233   0.0527  16.3392 0002511 254.5328 271.4115  1.00273717 44757

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC