Payload
GALAXY 9 (G-9)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 23877
GALAXY 9 (G-9) is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 24, 1996 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 24, 1996 at 01:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Galaxy 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,026 km
- Periapsis
- 35,958 km
- Inclination
- 12.07°
- Orbital period
- 1446.59 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,400 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.2 × 7.8 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-033A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23877
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 7.5408 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational