NSS 12

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NSS 12 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 36032

Int'l Code: 2009-058A

Perigee: 35,777.4 km

Apogee: 35,810.0 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 7.0794 m² (large)

Launch date: October 29, 2009
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

NSS 12 was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral and has a 15-year design life the 12,400-pound (5,625-kg). The satellite carries 48 Ku-band and 40 C-band transponders. It will be parked in geostationary orbit over the equator at 57 degrees East longitude to take the place of the aging NSS 703 satellite, which was launched aboard an Atlas 2AS rocket from Cape Canaveral in 1994.

1 36032U 09058A   24137.81924630  .00000076  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 36032   0.0574  85.2404 0003869 338.0642 163.6235  1.00272036 53282

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC