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RASCOM-QAF 1
Defunct geostationary communications satellite. RASCOM-QAF 1 was launched on December 21, 2007 aboard a Ariane 5GS from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2007-063ANORAD 32387RASCOM
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- RASCOM-QAF 1
- International designator
- 2007-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 32387
- GCAT identifier
- S32387
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Rascom
- Owner
- RASCOM
- Country
- RASCOM
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 4000B3
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 2007 · 21:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2007-063Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5GS
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,791 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 10, 2010
- End of operations
- Oct 8, 2010
Size
- Mass
- 3,160 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,395 kg
- Length
- 3.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 31.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14294239 (CC0).