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Eutelsat I F-1
Decommissioned European communications satellite. Eutelsat I F-1 was launched on June 16, 1983 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-058ANORAD 14128European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ECS 1
- Common name
- Eutelsat I F-1
- International designator
- 1983-058A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14128
- GCAT identifier
- S14128
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/086
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ECS
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ECS
Launch
- Date
- June 16, 1983 · 11:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-058Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 11, 1996
- End of operations
- Dec 11, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 573 kg
- Dry mass
- 466 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,043 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 13.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q10492270 (CC0).