Geostationary
SGDC
Military / Government Broadband · Telebras / Brazilian Ministry of Defense
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Brazil's first dedicated military communications satellite — the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite. SGDC provides encrypted X-band military communications for the Brazilian armed forces and Ka-band broadband internet for Brazil's national broadband connectivity program. Brazil combined military and civilian missions to reduce costs while achieving defense requirements for sovereign communications independent of commercial providers.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,248 mi (35,785–35,804 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42692
- Int’l designator
- 2017-023B
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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