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Designator id: 1997-002B

Description of NAHUEL 1A Satellite:

Nahuel 1A was an Argentinian communications satellite launched from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana aboard an Ariane rocket. It was placed in a geosynchronous orbit at 71.8 deg W. It was designed to improve the telephone, data transmission, and television broadcasting services in three coverage zones in Argentina and its neighboring countries. It was manufactured at Aerospatiale's Satellite facilities in Cannes and was based on a Spacebus 2000, three-axis stabilized platform. The payload had 19 Ku-band transponders (12-14 GHz).

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1997-01-30
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 1800.0 kg
Nominal Power: 3000.0 W
Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Argentina)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 24714U 97002B   12337.99865013 -.00000177  00000-0  10000-3 0  5315
2 24714 004.7268 064.2948 0005401 083.2626 276.5670 00.99389881 57951

Last TLE update on :2012-12-03

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