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EOLE 1
Communications satellite. EOLE 1 was launched on August 16, 1971 aboard a Scout B-1 from Wallops. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1971-071ANORAD 5435France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eole
- Common name
- EOLE 1
- Payload designation
- FR-2
- International designator
- 1971-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 5435
- GCAT identifier
- S05435
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.242
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- CNES US
- Owner
- CNES
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- FR-2
Launch
- Date
- August 16, 1971 · 18:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1971-071Success
- Rocket
- Scout B-1
- Spaceport
- Wallops · pad LA3A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 676 km
- Apogee
- 905 km
- Inclination
- 50.15°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1975
- End of operations
- 1981
Size
- Mass
- 84 kg
- Dry mass
- 84 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1634466 (CC0).