Spacecraft information: INTELSAT 906

Launch Details
Launched 5 September 2002
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Geostationary
Intelsat
Active satellites
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
NORAD ID 27513
COSPAR ID 2002-041A
Alternative names IS-906
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 5.820°
Eccentricity 0.00043
RA ascending node 4.856 hr
Argument perigee 4.991°
Mean anomaly 324.601°
Orbital period 1436.099 min
Epoch of osculation 24 Jun 2026, 04:23

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35775.7 km
Mean Altitude 35793.8 km
Peak Altitude 35811.9 km

Launched alongside

ARIANE 44L R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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