Spacetrack Directory Name | FLOCK 3P-62 |
Orbit launches | 2017-02-15 |
Deorbitation date | 2022-12-23 |
Days in orbit | 2137 |
Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
Starting point | SRILR (Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 472 km/h |
Apogee | 482 km |
The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot with heat sensitive feathers in the genus Psittaculafamily Psittacidae It is named after Alexander the Great, who transported numerous birds from Punjab to various European and Mediterranean countries and regions, where they were prized by the royalty, nobility and warlords.The Alexandrine parakeet has established feral populations in Spain, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Hong Kong where it lives alongside feral populations of its close relative, the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri).