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GALAXY 26 (G-26)

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 15, 1999 at 05:12 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/DM-2M →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Telstar 6
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,157 km
Periapsis
36,137 km
Inclination
11.63°
Orbital period
1454.56 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1999-005A
NORAD catalog №
25626
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
31.9872 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational