HISPASAT 30W-6

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NORAD ID: 43228

Int'l Code: 2018-023A

Perigee: 35,783.8 km

Apogee: 35,802.9 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 6, 2018
Source: Spain (SPN)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

HISPASAT 30W-6 is a Spanish-owned, US-built commercial communications satellite designed to relay video, data and broadband signals across the Americas, Europe and North Africa. HISPASAT 30W-6 utilizes 40 Ku-band transponders to focus on two coverage areas in Europe and North Africa, and in the Americas, stretching from Canada to Patagonia. Ten C-band transponders will support communications services in the southern United States, the Caribbean and South America.HISPASAT 30W-6 also adds Ka-band capacity to the company's portfolio, carrying seven high-throughput beams covering Spain, Portugal, other regions in Europe, plus North Africa. The Ka-band payload will distribute Internet connectivity to rural areas in Spain and Morocco through a partnership between Hispasat and Eurona Wireless Telecom, a Spanish communications company.

1 43228U 18023A   21296.03799322 -.00000211  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 43228   0.0546  56.2058 0002269 158.5701 160.6337  1.00273173 13473

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC