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RCA-SATCOM 5
RCA-SATCOM 5 was launched on October 28, 1982 aboard a Delta 3924 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1982-105ANORAD 13631United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom 5
- Common name
- RCA-SATCOM 5
- Payload designation
- RCA-E
- Other names
- Aurora 1
- International designator
- 1982-105A
- NORAD catalog number
- 13631
- GCAT identifier
- S13631
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/075
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- RCA Adv Satcom
- Owner
- RCA Americom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Adv Satcom
Launch
- Date
- October 28, 1982 · 01:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1982-105Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3924
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,763 km
- Apogee
- 35,809 km
- Inclination
- 0.12°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 1991
- End of operations
- April 1991
Size
- Mass
- 573 kg
- Dry mass
- 430 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,116 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 14.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061271 (CC0).