LUCH 5V

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LUCH 5V is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 39727

Int'l Code: 2014-023A

Launch date: April 28, 2014
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

LUCH 5V will relay telemetry, commands and other communications between ground controllers and Russian spacecraft in low-altitude orbits. The Luch satellite fleet, operated by the Russian Federal Space Agency, also tracks rockets and their upper stages in flight and is Russia's counterpart to NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The data relay satellites help ensure stable communications links with satellites, reducing reliance on a spotty network of ground stations scattered around the globe. Fitted with Ku-band and S-band payloads with two large deployable mesh antennas, the Luch 5V spacecraft launched Monday is the third member of the newest generation of Luch satellites, joining the Luch 5A and Luch 5B satellites launched in December 2011 and November 2012.

1 39727U 14023A   26231.07740103 -.00000274  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 39727   5.2850  69.0673 0002415 107.8913 273.0725  1.00270772 44990

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC