Payload
SBS-6
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SBS-6 is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 12, 1990 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 12, 1990 at 10:58 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- SBS 6 & Galaxy 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,174 km
- Periapsis
- 36,123 km
- Inclination
- 12.63°
- Orbital period
- 1454.64 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,467.79 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1990-091A
- NORAD catalog №
- 20872
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 24.5927 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational