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NORAD ID: 38745
Int'l Code: 2012-044B
Perigee: 271.9 km
Apogee: 4,722.5 km
Inclination: 49.9 °
Period: 138.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 8868 km
Launch date: August 6, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: EXPRESS MD2 was intended to relay data and communications across Russia. The craft was manufactured by Khrunichev and Thales Alenia Space for the Russian Satellite Communications Co., a state-owned spacecraft operator that serves Russia and neighboring countries. The satellite has been placed in a wrong orbit by a Proton-M Russian launcher.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38745U 12044B 14067.51722604 .00047513 21228-5 13878-2 0 3121
2 38745 049.9051 032.6061 2509322 006.1381 356.4868 10.39560345 59412
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS MD2
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