Payload
NSS-9
OperationalPayloadGEO
NSS-9 is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on February 12, 2009 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 12, 2009 at 10:09 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 1.25°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,290 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,014 kg
- Power
- 2,300 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33749
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 50.1187 m²
- Status
- Operational
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