RASCOM-QAF 1R

NORAD 36831· COSPAR 2010-037B· 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 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 21:00 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

RascomStar

Country

RascomStar

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia Space

Launched

Aug 4, 2010

Mass

3,050 kg

Apogee

35,816 km

Perigee

35,772 km

Inclination

0.03°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for RASCOM-QAF 1R across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.6 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

35772 × 35816 km

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).

NILESAT 201 · 36830

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