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Orbcomm CDS-1
American experimental communications satellite. Orbcomm CDS-1 was launched on February 9, 1993 aboard a Pegasus from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-009ANORAD 22489United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Orbcomm CDS-1
- Payload designation
- Orbcomm OXP-1
- International designator
- 1993-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22489
- GCAT identifier
- S22489
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/267
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Orbcomm-X
- Owner
- Orbcomm
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Fairchild Space and Electronics
- Platform (bus)
- Picostar
Launch
- Date
- February 9, 1993 · 14:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-009Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad RW15/33
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/E
- Perigee
- 725 km
- Apogee
- 792 km
- Inclination
- 24.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1993
- End of operations
- Feb 9, 1994
Size
- Mass
- 15 kg
- Dry mass
- 15 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6047795 (CC0).