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Skynet 4A
Decommissioned British military communications satellite. Skynet 4A was launched on January 1, 1990 aboard a Commercial Titan 3 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Oct 24, 2003).
COSPAR 1990-001ANORAD 20401United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Skynet 4A
- International designator
- 1990-001A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20401
- GCAT identifier
- S20401
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/219
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Skynet
- Owner
- UK MoD
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ECS
Launch
- Date
- January 1, 1990 · 00:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-001Success
- Rocket
- Commercial Titan 3
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/ID
- Perigee
- 35,449 km
- Apogee
- 35,787 km
- Inclination
- 3.37°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- October 24, 2003
- Last known active
- Jun 29, 2005
- End of operations
- Jun 29, 2005
Size
- Mass
- 763 kg
- Dry mass
- 615 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,430 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 16.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943248 (CC0).