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NORAD 29494 · Payload · In orbit since 2006

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Launched
2006-10-13 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
5,505 kg
Size
7.5 × 2.9 m · 31.3 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,764 × 35,809 km
Inclination
2.5°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
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.