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GALAXY 23 (G-23)

NORAD 27854 · Payload · In orbit since 2003

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Launched
2003-08-08 · Sea Launch platform, Pacific
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
4,737 kg
Size
5.6 × 2.8 m · 31 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,149 × 36,169 km
Inclination
3.3°
Period
1454.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.