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DirecTV 9S
Communications satellite. DirecTV 9S was launched on October 13, 2006 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jun 12, 2017).
COSPAR 2006-043ANORAD 29494United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DirecTV 9S
- Payload designation
- DirecTV-9S
- International designator
- 2006-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 29494
- GCAT identifier
- S29494
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/506
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DirecTV
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- FS-1300
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 2006 · 20:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,723 km
- Apogee
- 35,738 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- June 12, 2017
- Last known active
- Sep 2, 2026
- End of operations
- Sep 2, 2026
Size
- Mass
- 5,505 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,346 kg
- Length
- 7.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.90 m
- Span
- 31.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1227408 (CC0).