Military
NORAD ID: 25134
Int'l Code: 1998-002A
Perigee: 36,070.8 km
Apogee: 36,151.3 km
Inclination: 8.5 °
Period: 1,452.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 42482 km
Launch date: January 10, 1998
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Comments: Skynet 4D was a British military geosynchronous communications satellite launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft was the first in the new series that is expected to replace the aging 1988-era series. The parking longitude was expected to be in western Europe.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 25134U 98002A 13137.25863089 .00000046 00000-0 10000-3 0 3314
2 25134 008.4923 044.6088 0009477 029.1986 330.7533 00.99150458 56056
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SKYNET 4D
