RASCOM QAF 1R

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RASCOM QAF 1R is classified as:

• Geostationary
• TV

NORAD ID: 36831
Int'l Code: 2010-037B
Perigee: 35,768.9 km
Apogee: 35,819.5 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
RCS: 63.1137 m² (large)
Launch date: August 4, 2010
Source: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASC)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Rascom-QAF 1R was ordered to replace a nearly identical satellite crippled by a helium leak after launch in 2007. The glitch forced the first Rascom-QAF satellite to burn more propellant than expected, reducing its useful life from 15 years to two or three years. Rascom-QAF 1R will be stationed at 2.85 degrees east longitude with 12 C-band and eight Ku-band transponders, beaming television, telephone and Internet services across Africa.

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1 36831U 10037B   24159.90119000  .00000018  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 36831   0.0254  89.4336 0006002 348.9934 145.6843  1.00270260 50885

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC