Payload
GALAXY 6 (G-6)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 20873
GALAXY 6 (G-6) is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 12, 1990 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 12, 1990 at 10:58 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- SBS 6 & Galaxy 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,948 km
- Periapsis
- 35,916 km
- Inclination
- 14.02°
- Orbital period
- 1443.53 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,212 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.2 × 6.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1990-091B
- NORAD catalog №
- 20873
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 8.8943 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational