Lockheed MartinAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 906
Launched
September 6, 2002
Image: ESA
Summary
INTELSAT 906 launched on a Lockheed Martin Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on September 6, 2002. It was Lockheed Martin's 63rd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,552nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 38th Ariane 44L flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). INTELSAT 906, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 162 × 37,253 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44L · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 38th Ariane 44L flight · 5th this yearLockheed Martin's 63rd launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,552nd orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 906 · NORAD 27513 · 2002-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 906
- Object ID
- 2002-041A
- Epoch
- 2002-09-06 01:51:47 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.1859938 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7394821
- Inclination
- 7.0046°
- Ascending node
- 265.012°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.383°
- Mean anomaly
- 191.0923°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- INTELSAT 906 · NORAD 27513 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V154 · re-entered December 4, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat 906 (or IS-906) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
117th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 7th this year · 164th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
93 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 906 launch?
INTELSAT 906 launched on September 6, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 906?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 906?
Ariane 44L, flown by Lockheed Martin. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 906 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 906 reach?
INTELSAT 906, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 162 × 37,253 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 906 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).