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Anik B1
Anik B1 was launched on December 16, 1978 aboard a Delta 3914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-116ANORAD 11153Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Anik B
- Common name
- Anik B1
- International designator
- 1978-116A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11153
- GCAT identifier
- S11153
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/024
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Anik B
- Owner
- Telesat
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Satcom
Launch
- Date
- December 16, 1978 · 00:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-116Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 8, 1987
- End of operations
- Mar 8, 1987
Size
- Mass
- 488 kg
- Dry mass
- 350 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 922 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 11.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14905052 (CC0).