EUTE KA SAT 9A (KA SAT)

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EUTE KA SAT 9A (KA SAT) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37258

Int'l Code: 2010-069A

Perigee: 35,786.4 km

Apogee: 35,800.3 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 15.8489 m² (large)

Launch date: December 26, 2010
Source: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTE)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

KA-SAT is a communications satellite, Europe's first satellite with an exclusively Ka-band communications payload. The craft carries 82 Ka-band spot beams to provide 70 Gbit/s of capacity across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Each of its beams can handle up to 900 Mbit/s of two-way communications traffic. KA-SAT will park in a geosynchronous orbital location at 9° E. The expected operational life of KA-SAT is 15 years

1 37258U 10069A   24109.67915861  .00000057  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 37258   0.0606 288.7766 0001650 178.0608 353.9249  1.00273304 36098

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC