Space AtlasSKYNET 5C
NORAD 33055 · Payload · In orbit since 2008
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 2008-06-12 · 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
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 35,767 × 35,805 km
- Inclination
- 3.9°
- 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.