ASIASAT 8

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ASIASAT 8 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40107

Int'l Code: 2014-046A

Perigee: 35,785.6 km

Apogee: 35,802.3 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 5, 2014
Source: Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (ASIASAT) (AC)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

ASIASAT 8 is a telecommunications designed to beam television and data across China, India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The satellite 8 will be parked along the equator at 105.5 degrees east longitude, where it will hover 22,300 miles (35,888 km) over Asia, broadcasting direct-to-home television signals to China, India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The satellite's 24 Ku-band transponders - routing signals through four communications beams - will also support data broadcasting and other telecom services. AsiaSat 8 also carries a Ka-band communications payload. The spacecraft will be the most powerful member of AsiaSat's fleet. It will be co-located with the AsiaSat 7 satellite launched in 2011. AsiaSat 8 is designed to operate for 15 years.

1 40107U 14046A   23084.84443965 -.00000042  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 40107   0.0162 125.2946 0001978 230.2721 127.5785  1.00271162 90323

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC