Earth Observation
SKYTERRA 1
OperationalEarth ObservationGEONORAD 37218
SKYTERRA 1 is a LightSquared earth observation satellite, launched on November 14, 2010 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- November 14, 2010 at 05:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 5.11°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- LightSquared
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,200 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 22 × 29 × 29 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-061A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37218
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- Operational