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Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
Communication satellite. Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment was launched on June 19, 1981 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-057BNORAD 12545India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apple
- Common name
- Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
- International designator
- 1981-057B
- NORAD catalog number
- 12545
- GCAT identifier
- S12545
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.388
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ISRO
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Platform (bus)
- Apple
Launch
- Date
- June 19, 1981 · 12:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-057Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,746 km
- Apogee
- 35,956 km
- Inclination
- 0.28°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 20, 1983
- End of operations
- Sep 20, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 331 kg
- Dry mass
- 313 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 670 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2248280 (CC0).