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RCA-SATCOM 1
RCA-SATCOM 1 was launched on December 13, 1975 aboard a Delta 3914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1975-117ANORAD 8476United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom 1
- Common name
- RCA-SATCOM 1
- Payload designation
- RCA-A
- International designator
- 1975-117A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8476
- GCAT identifier
- S08476
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.339
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- RCA Satcom
- Owner
- RCA Globcom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Satcom
Launch
- Date
- December 13, 1975 · 01:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 1975-117Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,707 km
- Apogee
- 35,863 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 8, 1984
- End of operations
- Jun 8, 1984
Size
- Mass
- 433 kg
- Dry mass
- 335 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 867 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 11.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061283 (CC0).