AFRISTAR

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AFRISTAR is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 25515

Int'l Code: 1998-063A

Perigee: 36,137.1 km

Apogee: 36,166.6 km

Inclination: 8.5 °

Period: 1,454.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 42522 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   24116.75433986 -.00000187  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 25515   8.5040  56.4066 0003453  28.7280 348.8605  0.99008047 92817

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC