INTELSAT 16

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INTELSAT 16 is classified as:

Geostationary
Intelsat
TV

NORAD ID: 36397

Int'l Code: 2010-006A

Perigee: 35,784.5 km

Apogee: 35,804.7 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 10 m² (large)

Launch date: February 12, 2010
Source: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Intelsat 16 will hover over the equator at 58 degrees west longitude. After several months of testing, the satellite will enter service providing HDTV news, sports and entertainment for SKY Mexico and SKY Brazil, local broadcasting subsidaries of DirecTV.

1 36397U 10006A   24114.25148778 -.00000232  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 36397   0.0148 261.8200 0002399 166.1242 158.1663  1.00268754 51848

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC