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Telesat 6
Canadian communications satellite. Telesat 6 was launched on June 18, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (April 1993).
COSPAR 1983-059BNORAD 14133Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Anik C2
- Common name
- Telesat 6
- International designator
- 1983-059B
- NORAD catalog number
- 14133
- GCAT identifier
- S14133
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/156
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
- June 18, 1983 · 11:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-059Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,786 km
- Apogee
- 35,787 km
- Inclination
- 0.13°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 1993
- Last known active
- Jan 7, 1998
- End of operations
- Jan 7, 1998
Size
- Mass
- 592 kg
- Dry mass
- 444 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,118 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 Q14907120 (CC0).