ABS 3

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ABS 3 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 24901

Int'l Code: 1997-042A

Perigee: 36,072.3 km

Apogee: 36,085.6 km

Inclination: 9.6 °

Period: 1,450.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 42449 km

RCS: 10 m² (large)

Launch date: August 19, 1997
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links.

1 24901U 97042A   24114.54111918 -.00000293  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 24901   9.6246  49.0761 0001568   8.0140 123.9488  0.99262992 97442

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC