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STRV 1B
STRV 1B was launched on June 17, 1994 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 7, 2025).
COSPAR 1994-034CNORAD 23126United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- STRV 1B
- International designator
- 1994-034C
- NORAD catalog number
- 23126
- GCAT identifier
- S23126
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/378
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- STRV
- Owner
- DRA
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Defense Research Agency
- Platform (bus)
- STRV
Launch
- Date
- June 17, 1994 · 07:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-034Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 272 km
- Apogee
- 35,896 km
- Inclination
- 7.00°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 7, 2025
- Last known active
- September 1998
- End of operations
- September 1998
Size
- Mass
- 53 kg
- Dry mass
- 53 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327653 (CC0).