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Hotbird 1
Decommissioned Eutelsat communications satellite. Hotbird 1 was launched on March 28, 1995 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 1995-016BNORAD 23537EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hot Bird 1
- Common name
- Hotbird 1
- Payload designation
- Eutelsat HB1
- International designator
- 1995-016B
- NORAD catalog number
- 23537
- GCAT identifier
- S23537
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/287
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Eutelsat HB
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 2000
Launch
- Date
- March 28, 1995 · 23:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 1995-016Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,775 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Feb 20, 2007
Size
- Mass
- 1,798 kg
- Dry mass
- 840 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 22.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1630685 (CC0).