Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
AsiaStar |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
1Worldspace |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
104.97 |
Perigee (km) |
35773 |
Apogee (km) |
35801 |
Eccentricity |
0.000332091942026235 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.02 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.15 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2775 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1530 |
Power (watts) |
5600 |
Date of Launch |
21-03-2000 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Alcatel Space Industries |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5G |
COSPAR Number |
2000-016A |
NORAD Number |
26107 |
Comments |
Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean. Services to underserved emerging markets; low-cost portable receivers. |