SATMEX 6

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SATMEX 6 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 29162

Int'l Code: 2006-020A

Perigee: 36,157.2 km

Apogee: 36,188.2 km

Inclination: 1.5 °

Period: 1,455.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 42543 km

RCS: 72.7761 m² (large)

Launch date: May 27, 2006
Source: Mexico (MEX)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Satmex 6 is a Space Systems/Loral FS-1300X capable of generating 14.1 kW (BOL), with a total of 60 transponders: 36 C-Band transponders for CONUS, South America and Continental coverage, and 24 Ku-Band transponders serving the USA, Mexico and Continental regions, with a hot spot over the major cities in South America. It offers additional benefits: antenna size reduction, linealizer in each channel, one single continental footprint for the Americas, switchable coverage in both C and Ku bands and high-power coverage of South America and the Caribbean.

1 29162U 06020A   25199.63984697 -.00000111  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 29162   1.5101  86.5392 0003640  30.0930 157.8155  0.98935052 70067

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC