SES-16/GOVSAT-1

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NORAD ID: 43178
Int'l Code: 2018-013A
Perigee: 35,777.4 km
Apogee: 35,811.1 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: January 31, 2018
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

GOVSAT-1, also known as SES-16, is an OrbitalATK Geostar-3 payload for X- and Ka- band military communications. It is owned by LuxGovSat S.A., a joint venture of the Luxembourg government and SES.

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SOICAL (CONE) Track 1 satellite(s)

1 43178U 18013A   25093.34070332 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    00
2 43178   0.0102 336.0297 0004000 259.2121 100.7879  1.00270000    06

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants