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: 36,083.9 km

Apogee: 36,188.5 km

Inclination: 9.9 °

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   24152.17810512 -.00000072  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 32387   9.9242  47.6206 0012308  61.4434 121.4480  0.99062575 60078

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC