Communications
YAHSAT 1A
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YAHSAT 1A is a Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YAHSAT) communications satellite, launched on April 22, 2011 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 22, 2011 at 09:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Yahsat 1A & New Dawn
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,799 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.16 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YAHSAT)
- Manufacturer
- Astrium/Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,935 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-016B
- NORAD catalog №
- 37393
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Arab Emirates- Radar cross-section
- 31.6228 m²
- Status
- Operational
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