Space AtlasFLTSATCOM 8 (USA 46)
NORAD 20253 · Payload · In orbit since 1989
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- 1989-09-25 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Communications
- Mass
- 957 kg
- Size
- 1.3 × 2.4 m · 13.2 m deployed
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 35,776 × 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 12.4°
- Period
- 1435.7 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002
- Orbit data
- Live orbit: current tracking elements
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.