NSS-9 is a communications satellite owned by SES World Skies. It is an all C-band satellite intended as a replacement for NSS-5, and has three beams with 44 active C-band transponders.
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator |
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COSPAR ID | 2009-008A |
SATCAT no. | 33749 |
Mission duration | 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | GEOStar-2 |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences |
Launch mass | 2,230 kilograms (4,920 lb) |
Power | 2,300 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 February 2009, 22:09 | UTC
Rocket | Ariane 5ECA V187 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 177° west |
Perigee altitude | 35,783 kilometres (22,235 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 35,801 kilometres (22,246 mi) |
Inclination | 0.01 degrees |
Period | 23.93 hours |
Epoch | 29 October 2013, 13:27:57 UTC[1] |
NSS-9 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched February 12, 2009 aboard Ariane 5 flight V-187.[2][3]
Built on the Orbital STAR-2 satellite bus,[4] NSS-9 has an expected useful lifetime extending through 2024.[5]
Its launch has been featured in National Geographic Channel's programme World's Toughest Fixes Satellite Launch S02E01.[6]