Nilesat 101

Nilesat 101
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorNilesat
COSPAR ID1998-024A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.25311
Mission duration18 years
Spacecraft properties
BusEurostar-2000
ManufacturerMatra Marconi
Launch mass1,666 kilograms (3,673 lb)[1]
Powerwatts
Start of mission
Launch date28 April 1998, 22:53 (1998-04-28UTC22:53Z) UTC
RocketAriane 44P
Launch siteKourou ELA-2
ContractorArianespace
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
DeactivatedFebruary 2013 (2013-03)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude7° West
Perigee altitude36,512 kilometres (22,688 mi)
Apogee altitude36,725 kilometres (22,820 mi)
Inclination0.73 degrees
Period24.64 hours
Epoch29 October 2013, 10:24:24 UTC[2]
Transponders
Band12 Ku-band

Nilesat 101 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was decommissioned in February 2013.

  1. ^ "Nilesat". Medea. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "NILESAT Satellite details 1998-024A NORAD 25311". N2YO. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.