MOHAMMED VI-A

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NORAD ID: 43005

Int'l Code: 2017-070A

Perigee: 644.5 km

Apogee: 646.7 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7016 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 8, 2017
Source: Morocco (MA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

MOHAMMED VI-A is Morocco’s second satellite and the country’s first dedicated to high-resolution imaging. Named after Morocco’s reigning monarch, King Mohammed VI, the satellite is the first of two Moroccan imaging spacecraft that are expected to launch over the next two years. MOHAMMED VI-A is a 1,100-kilogram (2,400 lb) Earth imaging satellite which is expected to operate for at least five years. The second satellite, Mohammed VI-B, is scheduled for launch next year aboard another Vega – although Morocco has an option for a Soyuz launch should Vega be unavailable.

1 43005U 17070A   20294.21719514  .00000035  00000-0  12130-4 0  9993
2 43005  97.9501   4.2302 0001561  86.8543 273.2861 14.77097135159001

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC