SES 1

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SES 1 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 36516

Int'l Code: 2010-016A

Perigee: 35,780.9 km

Apogee: 35,806.7 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 39.8107 m² (large)

Launch date: April 24, 2010
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

SES 1 is a communications satellite designed to replace two aging spacecraft serving North America. It will reach its permananet slot in the geostationary arc at 101 degrees west longitude, where it will enter service in about a month for SES World Skies.

1 36516U 10016A   24117.31729845 -.00000099  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 36516   0.0503  68.9479 0003048 335.2047 183.8881  1.00271593 51194

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC