NATO IVB

Decommissioned communications satellite. NATO IVB was launched on December 8, 1993 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (May 2011).

COSPAR 1993-076ANORAD 22921NATO

Identity

Name in GCAT: NATO IVB
Payload designation: NATO 4B
International designator: 1993-076A
NORAD catalog number: 22921
GCAT identifier: S22921
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/274

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Defense
Program: NATO
Owner: NATO
Country: NATO
Builder: British Aerospace
Platform (bus): ECS

Launch

Date: December 8, 1993 · 00:48 UTC
Launch record: 1993-076Success
Rocket: Delta 7925
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/ID
Perigee: 35,117 km
Apogee: 36,645 km
Inclination: 4.13°
Status: Renamed
Status date: May 2011
Last known active: November 2016
End of operations: Nov 4, 2016

Size

Mass: 1,430 kg
Dry mass: 731 kg
Length: 2.1 m
Diameter: 1.90 m
Span: 16.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1959830 (CC0).