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Gonets D1-1

Communications satellite. Gonets D1-1 was launched on February 19, 1996 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1996-009ANORAD 23787Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gonets-D1 No. 13L
Common name
Gonets D1-1
Payload designation
Gonets-D1 No. 13L (319)
Other names
17F13D1 No. 800-8450-319:RA
International designator
1996-009A
NORAD catalog number
23787
GCAT identifier
S23787
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/307

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Gonets-D1
Owner
Gonets
Country
Russia
Builder
NPO Applied Mechanics
Platform (bus)
Strela-3

Launch

Date
February 19, 1996 · 00:58 UTC
Launch record
1996-009Success
Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC32/1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,400 km
Apogee
1,413 km
Inclination
82.58°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Jan 1, 2013
End of operations
2013

Size

Mass
225 kg
Dry mass
225 kg
Length
1.6 m
Diameter
0.80 m
Span
7.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498937 (CC0).