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TDF 1
French communications satellite. TDF 1 was launched on October 28, 1988 aboard a Ariane 2 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-098ANORAD 19621France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDF 1
- International designator
- 1988-098A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19621
- GCAT identifier
- S19621
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/197
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDF
- Owner
- France Telecom
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 300
Launch
- Date
- October 28, 1988 · 02:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-098Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 2
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,772 km
- Apogee
- 35,802 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 4, 1996
- End of operations
- Oct 4, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 2,077 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,034 kg
- Length
- 6.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 19.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061240 (CC0).