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DirecTV 4S
DirecTV 4S was launched on November 27, 2001 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jun 12, 2017).
COSPAR 2001-052ANORAD 26985United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DirecTV 4S
- Payload designation
- DirecTV-4S
- International designator
- 2001-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26985
- GCAT identifier
- S26985
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/404
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DirecTV
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- November 27, 2001 · 00:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 2001-052Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,791 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- June 12, 2017
- Last known active
- September 2019
- End of operations
- September 2019
Size
- Mass
- 4,300 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,100 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 26.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943265 (CC0).