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Galaxy 27
Communications satellite. Galaxy 27 was launched on September 25, 1999 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (March 2004).
COSPAR 1999-052ANORAD 25922United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Telstar 7
- Common name
- Galaxy 27
- International designator
- 1999-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25922
- GCAT identifier
- S25922
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/369
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Telstar
- Owner
- Loral Skynet
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- FS-1300
Launch
- Date
- September 25, 1999 · 06:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-052Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,773 km
- Apogee
- 35,798 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- March 2004
- Last known active
- May 10, 2016
- End of operations
- May 10, 2016
Size
- Mass
- 3,790 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,537 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 31.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5518103 (CC0).