Payload
NSS-6
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
NSS-6 is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on December 17, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 17, 2002 at 11:04 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- NSS 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,144 km
- Periapsis
- 36,080 km
- Inclination
- 5.37°
- Orbital period
- 1452.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,575 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,600 kg
- Power
- 0
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27603
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 20.8608 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational