Payload
NSS-12
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 36032
NSS-12 is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on October 29, 2009 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 29, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- NSS-12 & Thor 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,806 km
- Periapsis
- 35,767 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,622 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,624 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 7.6 × 2.9 × 2.9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-058A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36032
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 7.9433 m²
- Status
- Operational
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