SKYNET 5C

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SKYNET 5C is classified as:

NORAD ID: 33055

Int'l Code: 2008-030A

Perigee: 35,771.1 km

Apogee: 35,816.3 km

Inclination: 1.8 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 28.2811 m² (large)

Launch date: June 12, 2008
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Skynet 5C is the third and currently final Skynet 5 military communications satellite, to be used by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The satellite carries an X-band communications payload to reach military users throughout a large swath of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Equipped with 24 super-high-frequency and UHF channels, the satellite will serve as an orbital relay station for secure jam-resistant voice, video and digital communications between commanders and troops deployed around the world.

1 33055U 08030A   24116.18844580 -.00000123  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2 33055   1.7706  85.8169 0005371 321.6430 216.2854  1.00271952 58043

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC