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GMS-T
Prototype broadband communications satellite. GMS-T was launched on January 20, 2021 aboard a Electron from Mahia. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-004ANORAD 47346Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GMS-T
- Payload designation
- GMS-T BIU
- International designator
- 2021-004A
- NORAD catalog number
- 47346
- GCAT identifier
- S47346
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1061
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- GMS-T
- Owner
- OHB
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
- Platform (bus)
- KLA
Launch
- Date
- January 20, 2021 · 07:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-004Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Mahia · pad LC1A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 1,210 km
- Apogee
- 1,217 km
- Inclination
- 90.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2021
- End of operations
- 2023
Size
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 45 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q105237238 (CC0).