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NILESAT 201

NORAD 36830· COSPAR 2010-037A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 4, 2010 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | RASCOM-QAF1R & NILESAT 201
NILESAT 201
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Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Nilesat
Country
Egypt
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Launched
Aug 4, 2010
Mass
3,200 kg
Apogee
35,818 km
Perigee
35,771 km
Inclination
0.03°
Period
23.94 h
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Nilesat 201, is an Egyptian communications satellite, which was launched on 4 August 2010.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NILESAT 201 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35771 × 35818 km
357953582035769May 28Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2010-037 (Ariane 5 ECA | RASCOM-QAF1R & NILESAT 201).

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