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SICRAL 1B
Italian military communication satellite. SICRAL 1B was launched on April 20, 2009 aboard a Zenit-3SL from Kiritimati (Sea Launch). Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-020ANORAD 34810Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SICRAL 1B
- International designator
- 2009-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 34810
- GCAT identifier
- S34810
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/615
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Sicral
- Owner
- TELEDIFE
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Italsat 3000
Launch
- Date
- April 20, 2009 · 08:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-020Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-3SL
- Spaceport
- Kiritimati (Sea Launch)
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,692 km
- Apogee
- 35,780 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,038 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,680 kg
- Length
- 7.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.10 m
- Span
- 24.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2206215 (CC0).