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AsiaSat 9
AsiaSat communications satellite. AsiaSat 9 was launched on September 28, 2017 aboard a Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-057ANORAD 42942Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 9
- Common name
- AsiaSat 9
- International designator
- 2017-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42942
- GCAT identifier
- S42942
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/856
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- LS-1300
Launch
- Date
- September 28, 2017 · 18:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-057Success
- Rocket
- Proton-M/Briz-M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,782 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 24, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,141 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18485617 (CC0).