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Telesat 5
Canadian communications satellite. Telesat 5 was launched on November 11, 1982 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1982-110CNORAD 13652Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Anik C3
- Common name
- Telesat 5
- International designator
- 1982-110C
- NORAD catalog number
- 13652
- GCAT identifier
- S13652
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/109
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Anik C
- Owner
- Telesat
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- November 11, 1982 · 12:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1982-110Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,718 km
- Apogee
- 35,851 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 17, 1997
- End of operations
- Jun 17, 1997
Size
- Mass
- 599 kg
- Dry mass
- 503 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,192 kg
- Length
- 6.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14907132 (CC0).