Spacetrack Directory Name | SKYNET 5A |
Follow SKYNET 5A | SKYNET 5A Tracker |
Pass predictions SKYNET 5A | Pass predictions SKYNET 5A |
Orbit launches | 2007-03-11 (17 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 6452 |
Country/organisation of origin | Anglia (UK) |
Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
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Perigee | 35773 km/h |
Apogee | 35802 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 3.8° |
Laps per day | 1 |
Orbit | GEO |
Height SKYNET 5A | 35786.31 km |
Skynet 5A is the first in a series of new-generation Skynet military communications satellites, used by the British Ministry of Defence. It was launched aboard an Ariane 5 carrier rocket at 22:03 GMT on 11 March 2007.
satellite SKYNET 5A Date of exalting 11.03.2007y. Average height of ISS SKYNET 5A hundred 35786.31 km. Average velocity SKYNET 5A is 11068.95 km/h. Inclination SKYNET 5A satellite 3.33°.