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Brasilsat B1
Communications satellite. Brasilsat B1 was launched on August 10, 1994 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (December 2000).
COSPAR 1994-049ANORAD 23199Brazil
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Brasilsat B1
- International designator
- 1994-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23199
- GCAT identifier
- S23199
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/498
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Brasilsat
- Owner
- Embratel
- Country
- Brazil
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376W
Launch
- Date
- August 10, 1994 · 23:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-049Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,789 km
- Apogee
- 35,876 km
- Inclination
- 0.85°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- December 2000
- Last known active
- November 2010
- End of operations
- Dec 1, 2010
Size
- Mass
- 1,765 kg
- Dry mass
- 942 kg
- Length
- 8.4 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 8.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q899378 (CC0).