Payload
SKYNET 5D
OperationalPayloadGEO
SKYNET 5D is a Ministry of Defense/Paradigm Secure Communications (wholly owned by EADS Astrium) payload satellite, launched on December 19, 2012 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 19, 2012 at 09:49 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,801 km
- Periapsis
- 35,771 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Orbital period
- 1436.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense/Paradigm Secure Communications (wholly owned by EADS Astrium)
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,844 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-075A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39034
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Radar cross-section
- 5.6742 m²
- Status
- Operational
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