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Eutelsat I F-4
Decommissioned European communications satellite. Eutelsat I F-4 was launched on September 16, 1987 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 1987-078BNORAD 18351EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eutelsat I F-4
- Payload designation
- ECS 4
- International designator
- 1987-078B
- NORAD catalog number
- 18351
- GCAT identifier
- S18351
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/445
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ECS
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ECS
Launch
- Date
- September 16, 1987 · 00:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-078Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,763 km
- Apogee
- 35,808 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 2017
- End of operations
- Dec 1, 2002
Size
- Mass
- 655 kg
- Dry mass
- 539 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,175 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 Q16061295 (CC0).