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NSS-6
Communications satellite. NSS-6 was launched on December 17, 2002 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-057ANORAD 27603Netherlands
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NSS 6
- Common name
- NSS-6
- International designator
- 2002-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27603
- GCAT identifier
- S27603
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- NSS
- Owner
- New Skies
- Country
- Netherlands
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100AX
Launch
- Date
- December 17, 2002 · 23:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-057Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,668 km
- Apogee
- 35,736 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
- End of operations
- May 17, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 4,575 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 7.3 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4044996 (CC0).