Communications
INTELSAT 6B (IS-6B)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 25585
INTELSAT 6B (IS-6B) is a United States communications satellite, launched on December 22, 1998 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 22, 1998 at 01:08 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- PAS 6B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,170 km
- Periapsis
- 36,037 km
- Inclination
- 12.33°
- Orbital period
- 1452.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,114.97 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.99 × 2.8 × 2.8 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-075A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25585
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 19.8338 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational