INTELSAT 906 (IS-906)
Launch
Launched on Sep 6, 2002 from Ariane Launch Area 2, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 44L.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 906 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:38 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Intelsat
Country
Intelsat
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 6, 2002
Mass
—
Apogee
35,806 km
Perigee
35,783 km
Inclination
6.01°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Intelsat 906 is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for INTELSAT 906 (IS-906) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35783 × 35806 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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