YAHSAT 1B

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YAHSAT 1B is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38245

Int'l Code: 2012-016A

Perigee: 35,783.2 km

Apogee: 35,806.2 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 20.3708 m² (large)

Launch date: April 23, 2012
Source: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Operated by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, or Yahsat, of Abu Dhabi, the Y1B spacecraft will bring the new YahClick service to life, offering customers with uninterrupted broadband Internet. Built in collaboration between Thales Alenia Space and Astrium Space with a launch weight of nearly 13,000 pounds (5,897 kg), the Y1B is outfitted with a Ka-band communications package to generate 61 narrow spot beams over its coverage area. The craft is equipped with conventional chemical engines and four electrical propulsion plasma thrusters to maneuver into a circular geostationary orbit at 47.6 East longitude. It joins the Y1A bird launched last April to provide such telecommunications services as high-definition television relay.

1 38245U 12016A   24325.72785760  .00000128  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 38245   0.0828  94.1365 0002727 163.6535 112.0687  1.00268329 39847

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC