AFRISTAR

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AFRISTAR is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 25515

Int'l Code: 1998-063A

Perigee: 36,134.2 km

Apogee: 36,170.4 km

Inclination: 8.5 °

Period: 1,454.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 42523 km

RCS: 6.9082 m² (large)

Launch date: October 28, 1998
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

First WorldSpace satellite; digital audio and multi-media communications to Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean.

1 25515U 98063A   24134.51479069  .00000052  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 25515   8.5430  56.2750 0004259  39.4149 188.6224  0.99006170 92986

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC