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GSTAR 1
GSTAR 1 was launched on May 8, 1985 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1985-035ANORAD 15677United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Gstar 1
- Common name
- GSTAR 1
- Payload designation
- Gstar 1A
- International designator
- 1985-035A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15677
- GCAT identifier
- S15677
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/134
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Gstar
- Owner
- GTE
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- May 8, 1985 · 01:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-035Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,782 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.30°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1997
- End of operations
- 1997
Size
- Mass
- 687 kg
- Dry mass
- 315 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,230 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 14.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943261 (CC0).