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SCD-1

Brazilian data collection and relay satellite. SCD-1 was launched on February 9, 1993 aboard a Pegasus from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1993-009BNORAD 22490Brazil

Identity

Name in GCAT
SCD-1
International designator
1993-009B
NORAD catalog number
22490
GCAT identifier
S22490
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.397

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Civil government
Program
INPE SCD
Owner
INPE
Country
Brazil
Builder
National Institute of Space Research
Platform (bus)
SCD

Launch

Date
February 9, 1993 · 14:30 UTC
Launch record
1993-009Success
Rocket
Pegasus
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad RW15/33

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/E
Perigee
724 km
Apogee
789 km
Inclination
24.97°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
2017

Size

Mass
115 kg
Dry mass
115 kg
Length
0.7 m
Diameter
1.00 m
Span
1.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16500041 (CC0).