Geostationary
NORAD ID: 37951
Int'l Code: 2011-074B
Perigee: 35,783.8 km
Apogee: 35,803.3 km
Inclination: 3.8 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: December 11, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: LUCH 5A, built by ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space, will be positioned at 16 deg. W. Long., where it will offer seven S-band and Ku-band channels. The 1,148-kg spacecraft will provide TV and data communications links between the International Space Station and the ground, as well as orbital control of spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37951U 11074B 13143.52947455 -.00000044 00000-0 00000+0 0 3588
2 37951 003.7509 259.2661 0002314 222.7003 116.9552 01.00272547 5325
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for LUCH 5A
