Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

Galaxy 9

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7925

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

Geostationary communications satellite

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
GALAXY 9 (G-9) 1996-033A Payload 35946 × 36037 km · 12.3° Globe
DELTA 2 R/B(1) 1996-033B Rocket body re-entered 2003-01-17
DELTA 2 R/B(2) 1996-033C Rocket body 1868 × 36706 km · 22.3° Globe

COSPAR ID 1996-033. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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