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CAT-4
ESA artificial satellite. CAT-4 was launched on December 20, 1981 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-122BNORAD 13011European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- CAT 04/Thesee
- Common name
- CAT-4
- Payload designation
- CAT 04/VID
- International designator
- 1981-122B
- NORAD catalog number
- 13011
- GCAT identifier
- S13011
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/061
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- CAT
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Aeritalia Space Systems
- Platform (bus)
- CAT
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 1981 · 01:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-122Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 216 km
- Apogee
- 35,716 km
- Inclination
- 10.38°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 1981
- End of operations
- December 1981
Size
- Mass
- 661 kg
- Dry mass
- 661 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q48561 (CC0).