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RCA-SATCOM 6
RCA-SATCOM 6 was launched on April 11, 1983 aboard a Delta 3924 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-030ANORAD 13984United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom 1R
- Common name
- RCA-SATCOM 6
- Payload designation
- RCA-F
- International designator
- 1983-030A
- NORAD catalog number
- 13984
- GCAT identifier
- S13984
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/096
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
- April 11, 1983 · 22:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-030Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3924
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 27, 1992
- End of operations
- Dec 27, 1992
Size
- Mass
- 566 kg
- Dry mass
- 423 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,116 kg
- Length
- 1.6 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 Q16061278 (CC0).