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NORAD ID: 24901
Int'l Code: 1997-042A
Perigee: 35,770.2 km
Apogee: 35,816.5 km
Inclination: 2.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: August 19, 1997
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 24901U 97042A 13142.05400214 -.00000025 00000-0 10000-3 0 8794
2 24901 001.9795 073.9264 0005490 336.1332 206.1767 01.00273055 57698
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ABS 3
