DIRECTV 9S

NORAD 29494· COSPAR 2006-043A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Oct 13, 2006 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.

Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-02 15:37 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 13, 2006

Mass

—

Apogee

35,811 km

Perigee

35,779 km

Inclination

2.61°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for DIRECTV 9S across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.1 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

35779 × 35811 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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2006-043 (Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2).

OPTUS D1 · 29495

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