DIRECTV 12
NORAD 36131 · 2009-075A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2009-12-29
- Launch site
- TYMSC
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 14.11
Purposes: comms
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T07:37:50.994912Z
- Period
- 1,436.13 min
- Inclination
- 0.0030°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000221
- Mean motion
- 1.00269192 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 35,786.4 km
- Apogee alt
- 35,788.3 km
- Semi-major
- 42,165.5 km
- B*
- 0.0000e+0
- RAAN
- 43.7384°
- Arg perigee
- 122.4669°
- Mean anomaly
- 211.6393°
- Rev number
- 4,757
§ Raw data
DIRECTV 121 36131U 09075A 26270.31795133 .00000000 00000+0 00000+0 0 99922 36131 0.0030 43.7384 0000221 122.4669 211.6393 1.00269192 47571
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/36131 · /tle
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