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MSAT 1
MSAT 1 was launched on April 20, 1996 aboard a Ariane 42P from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (December 2001).
COSPAR 1996-022ANORAD 23846Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- M-SAT 1
- Common name
- MSAT 1
- Payload designation
- MSAT-1
- International designator
- 1996-022A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23846
- GCAT identifier
- S23846
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/489
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- M-SAT
- Owner
- TMI
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- April 20, 1996 · 22:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-022Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 42P
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- December 2001
- Last known active
- November 2020
- End of operations
- Nov 19, 2020
Size
- Mass
- 2,855 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,330 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14914836 (CC0).