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SICRAL 1
Decommissioned Italian military communication satellite. SICRAL 1 was launched on February 7, 2001 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2001-005ANORAD 26694Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SICRAL 1
- Payload designation
- SICRAL 1A
- International designator
- 2001-005A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26694
- GCAT identifier
- S26694
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/615
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Sicral
- Owner
- TELEDIFE
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Alenia Spazio
- Platform (bus)
- Italsat 3000
Launch
- Date
- February 7, 2001 · 23:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2001-005Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,445 km
- Apogee
- 35,766 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 15, 2021
- End of operations
- Apr 15, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 2,596 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,253 kg
- Length
- 4.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 24.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2206205 (CC0).