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AUSSAT A1
Australian communications satellite. AUSSAT A1 was launched on August 27, 1985 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 1992).
COSPAR 1985-076BNORAD 15993Australia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Aussat K1
- Common name
- AUSSAT A1
- International designator
- 1985-076B
- NORAD catalog number
- 15993
- GCAT identifier
- S15993
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/259
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Aussat
- Owner
- Aussat
- Country
- Australia
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- August 27, 1985 · 10:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-076Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 1992
- Last known active
- Aug 24, 1993
- End of operations
- Aug 24, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 566 kg
- Dry mass
- 433 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,109 kg
- Length
- 6.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061370 (CC0).