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SATCOM K1
American communications satellite. SATCOM K1 was launched on January 12, 1986 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1986-003BNORAD 16482United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom K1
- Common name
- SATCOM K1
- Payload designation
- Satcom K-1
- International designator
- 1986-003B
- NORAD catalog number
- 16482
- GCAT identifier
- S16482
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/148
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Satcom K
- Owner
- GE Americom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS4000
Launch
- Date
- January 12, 1986 · 11:55 UTC
- Launch record
- 1986-003Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 1997
- End of operations
- July 1997
Size
- Mass
- 1,008 kg
- Dry mass
- 850 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,967 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061265 (CC0).