Payload
SKYNET 4E
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SKYNET 4E is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on February 26, 1999 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 26, 1999 at 10:44 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,145 km
- Periapsis
- 36,134 km
- Inclination
- 12.07°
- Orbital period
- 1454.16 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- Astrium
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 1,490 kg
- Dry mass
- 759 kg
- Power
- 1,200 W
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-009B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25639
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Radar cross-section
- 5.2477 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational