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Designator id: 2007-063A

Description of RASCOM 1 Satellite:

RASCOM-QAF 1 is a Pan-African geostationary communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou at 21:42 UT on 21 December 2007. The 3.2 tonne craft carries 12 Ku-band and eight C-band transponders to provide low-cost telecommunications to the towns and isolated villages in sub-Saharan Africa, after parking over 2.9° E longitude.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2007-12-21
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5GS
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 3200.0 kg

Funding Agencies:

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 32387U 07063A   12337.59402168 -.00000277  00000-0  00000+0 0  7736
2 32387 001.8739 074.2629 0008484 316.8167 042.4639 00.99069328 18518

Last TLE update on :2012-12-03

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