ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
NSS 6
Launched
December 17, 2002
Image: ESA
Summary
NSS 6 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 17, 2002. It was Arianespace's 152nd launch, 11th this year and humanity's 4,571st orbital launch attempt. It was the 39th Ariane 44L flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). NSS 6, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 35,757 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 · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 39th Ariane 44L flight · 6th this yearArianespace's 152nd launch11th this yearhumanity's 4,571st orbital launch attempt60th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NSS 6 · NORAD 27603 · 2002-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NSS 6
- Object ID
- 2002-057A
- Epoch
- 2002-12-17 18:23:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2828052 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7290687
- Inclination
- 6.9754°
- Ascending node
- 251.2244°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.8415°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.1421°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- NSS 6 · NORAD 27603 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V156 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
he Dutch New Skies Satellites' NSS-6 telecommunications spacecraft was developed by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 8th this year · 166th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
102 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did NSS 6 launch?
NSS 6 launched on December 17, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NSS 6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NSS 6?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did NSS 6 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did NSS 6 reach?
NSS 6, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 35,757 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did NSS 6 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).