RASCOM 1

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RASCOM 1 is classified as:

Geostationary
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NORAD ID: 32387

Int'l Code: 2007-063A

Perigee: 36,099.1 km

Apogee: 36,173.7 km

Inclination: 10.3 °

Period: 1,453.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42507 km

RCS: 9.0249 m² (large)

Launch date: December 21, 2007
Source: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASC)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Rascom-QAF 1 will thrust itself into a circular geostationary orbit during the next few weeks. Its permanent home in space will be along the equator at 2.85 degrees east longitude, where its high-tech array of communications instruments can reach users across Africa.

1 32387U 07063A   24325.25952060  .00000051  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 32387  10.2654  46.3188 0008773 111.3410 240.0300  0.99061700 61782

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC