GSAT 19

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GSAT 19 is classified as:

Geostationary
Experimental

NORAD ID: 42747

Int'l Code: 2017-031A

Perigee: 35,766.0 km

Apogee: 35,820.9 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 5, 2017
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

GSAT-19 is an Indian communications satellite launched by the ISRO. The satellite will act as a testbed for the modular I-6K satellite bus, carrying experimental technologies such as ion thrusters for manoeuvring and stabilisation, active thermal control using thermal radiators, a miniaturised inertial reference unit, indigenously produced lithium-ion batteries, and C-band traveling-wave-tube amplifiers.

1 42747U 17031A   24117.20374554  .00000140  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 42747   0.1226  87.2472 0006515 334.1306 274.5587  1.00272836 25299

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC