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GALAXY 9 (G-9)

NORAD 23877 · Payload · In orbit since 1996

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Launched
1996-05-24 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
770 kg
Size
7.8 × 2.2 m
Perigee × Apogee
35,954 × 36,033 km
Inclination
12.1°
Period
1446.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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.