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RASCOM-QAF 1R
Geostationary communications satellite. RASCOM-QAF 1R was launched on August 4, 2010 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-037BNORAD 36831RASCOM
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- RASCOM-QAF 1R
- International designator
- 2010-037B
- NORAD catalog number
- 36831
- GCAT identifier
- S36831
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Rascom
- Owner
- RASCOM
- Country
- RASCOM
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 4000B3
Launch
- Date
- August 4, 2010 · 20:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-037Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,709 km
- Apogee
- 35,863 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,050 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,300 kg
- Length
- 3.7 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 Q1729766 (CC0).