NILESAT 201

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NILESAT 201 is classified as:

TV
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 36830

Int'l Code: 2010-037A

Perigee: 35,781.4 km

Apogee: 35,806.3 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 51.5754 m² (large)

Launch date: August 4, 2010
Source: Egypt (EGYP)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Nilesat 201 will enter service at 7 degrees west longitude, joining two other Nilesat spacecraft and a European-owned satellite to provide direct-to-home television, radio and broadband Internet services to Africa and the Middle East. The satellite carries 24 Ku-band and four Ka-band transponders for Nilesat, Egypt's state-controlled telecommunications company.

1 36830U 10037A   24106.81246105 -.00000068  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 36830   0.0305 136.2173 0002958 266.8117  86.9048  1.00271427 50428

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC