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TEMISAT

TEMISAT was launched on August 31, 1993 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1993-055BNORAD 22783Italy

Identity

Name in GCAT
Temisat
Common name
TEMISAT
International designator
1993-055B
NORAD catalog number
22783
GCAT identifier
S22783
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.398

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Temisat
Owner
Telespazio
Country
Italy
Builder
Kayser-Threde GmbH
Platform (bus)
Temisat

Launch

Date
August 31, 1993 · 04:40 UTC
Launch record
1993-055Success
Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC32/1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
936 km
Apogee
968 km
Inclination
82.55°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
1994
End of operations
1997

Size

Mass
42 kg
Dry mass
42 kg
Length
0.4 m
Diameter
0.40 m
Span
0.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q52376473 (CC0).