Turkmenistan
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Related
- Spacecraft
- Spacebus 4000
- Launch Vehicles
- Falcon 9
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral
Chronology
1 event
2015 April 27
23:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC40. Launch Pad: Cape Canaveral SLC40. LV Family: Falcon. Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1.- TurkmenAlem52E/Monacosat - .
Payload: Spacebus 4000C2. Mass: 4,700 kg (10,300 lb). Nation: Turkmenistan.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Spacebus 4000.
USAF Sat Cat: 40617 . COSPAR: 2015-023A. Apogee: 35,798 km (22,243 mi). Perigee: 35,776 km (22,230 mi). Inclination: 0.0200 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
Communications satellite owned by the Turkmenistan National Space Agency and the Turkmen Ministry of Communications, which operated 26 Ku-band transponders. The GEO orbital slot was assigned to Monaco and its GEO telecom operator Space Systems International; Monaco had a further 12 Ku-band transponders on the satellite for the MonacoSat portion of the payload, operated by the SES company on its behalf. Stationed in geosynchronous orbit at 52.0 deg east.