Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
SkyTerra 1 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
LightSquared |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-101.3 |
Perigee (km) |
35782 |
Apogee (km) |
35791 |
Eccentricity |
0.0001067451045509 |
Inclination (degrees) |
6.06 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.09 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
5360 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
3200 |
Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
14-11-2010 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Boeing Satellite Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Breeze M |
COSPAR Number |
2010-061A |
NORAD Number |
37218 |
Comments |
Part of a fourth generation, or 4G, wireless system designed to reach nearly every American by the end of 2016. 22-m diameter L-band antenna; 2 m Ku-band antenna. |