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SAOCOM 1A
First satellite of the SAOCOM constellation. SAOCOM 1A was launched on October 8, 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-076ANORAD 43641Argentina
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SAOCOM 1A
- International designator
- 2018-076A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43641
- GCAT identifier
- S43641
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/893
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SAOCOM
- Owner
- CONAE Tabanera
- Country
- Argentina
- Builder
- Investigaciones Aplicads Sociedad del Estado (INVAP SE)
- Platform (bus)
- Saocom
Launch
- Date
- October 8, 2018 · 02:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-076Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 615 km
- Apogee
- 634 km
- Inclination
- 97.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,700 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q57965953 (CC0).