Satellite description
GALAXY 10R, 26056 is a payload satellite owned by Panamsat (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 25 Jan 2000 UTC via an ARIANE 42L launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
Satellite metadata
Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Hughes
Mission
Non-operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
HS-601HP, R-4D-14-350
Mass
3,651 kg wet, 1,987 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 13.1 m
Radar Cross Section
31.196 m², Large (>1 m²)
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Sunlit
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,978.345 km
Perigee altitude
35,954.149 km
Semi-major axis
42,344.384 km
Eccentricity
0.00029
Inclination
12.059°
RAAN
31.7708°
Arg. of periapsis
196.6714°
True anomaly
6.61687°
Mean anomaly
6.6131°
Eccentric anomaly
6.61499°
Mean motion
0.24909 °/min
Orbital period
1,445.28 mins
BSTAR
0