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NSS 806
Communications satellite. NSS 806 was launched on February 28, 1998 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Nov 30, 1998).
COSPAR 1998-014ANORAD 25239INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 806
- Common name
- NSS 806
- International designator
- 1998-014A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25239
- GCAT identifier
- S25239
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Int8
- Owner
- INTELSAT
- Country
- INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin/East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS7000
Launch
- Date
- February 28, 1998 · 00:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-014Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,791 km
- Inclination
- 0.11°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 30, 1998
- Last known active
- Sep 30, 2018
- End of operations
- Oct 2, 2018
Size
- Mass
- 3,455 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,601 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 10.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6036990 (CC0).