NSS-12

NORAD 36032· COSPAR 2009-058A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Oct 29, 2009 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.

Ariane 5 ECA | NSS-12 & Thor 6 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:57 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

SES

Country

SES

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 29, 2009

Mass

—

Apogee

35,808 km

Perigee

35,782 km

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NSS-12 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.2 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

35782 × 35808 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 2009-058 (Ariane 5 ECA | NSS-12 & Thor 6).

THOR 6 · 36033

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