SLOT C6 - Norad ID: 25480
| Spacetrack Directory Name | ORBCOMM FM 26 |
| Alternative name | SLOT C6 |
| Group | ORBCOMM |
| Follow ORBCOMM FM 26 | ORBCOMM FM 26 Tracker |
| Group follow ORBCOMM | Tracker ORBCOMM |
| Pass predictions ORBCOMM FM 26 | Pass predictions ORBCOMM FM 26 |
| Orbit launches |
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| Days in orbit | 10216 |
| Country/organisation of origin | ORBCOMM (ORB) |
| Starting point | ERAS (Wallops Flight Facility, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 780 km |
| Apogee | 785 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 45.01° |
| Laps per day | 14 |
| Height ORBCOMM FM 26 | 769.48 km |
ORBCOMM FM26, also known as Orbcomm C6, is a communication satellite designed for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) purposes launched on September 23, 1998, from the Eastern Range Site using a Pegasus XL/HAPS launch vehicle. It was manufactured by OSCG and operates under ownership of ORBC. The MicroStar configured satellite has dimensions of 0.2 meters in length, 1 meter in diameter, and spans up to 4.3 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. With a dry mass and launch mass both at 42 kilograms, it is equipped with two deployable solar arrays and batteries for power generation. The satellites purpose aligns with its mission as an Orbcomm payload, aimed at facilitating M2M/IoT communications over a projected lifetime of four years.
satellite ORBCOMM FM 26 Date of exalting 23.09.1998y. Average height of ISS ORBCOMM FM 26 hundred 769.48 km. Average velocity ORBCOMM FM 26 is 26898.24 km/h. Inclination ORBCOMM FM 26 satellite 45.01°.