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SKYNET 5B

NORAD 32294 · Payload · In orbit since 2007

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Launched
2007-11-14 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
UK (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
4,635 kg
Size
4.5 × 2.9 m · 34 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,772 × 35,802 km
Inclination
5.3°
Period
1435.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0004
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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