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Türksat 1B
Decommissioned Turkish communications satellite. Türksat 1B was launched on August 10, 1994 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1994-049BNORAD 23200Türkiye
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Turksat 1B
- Common name
- Türksat 1B
- International designator
- 1994-049B
- NORAD catalog number
- 23200
- GCAT identifier
- S23200
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.413
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Turksat
- Owner
- Turkish PTT
- Country
- Türkiye
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 2000
Launch
- Date
- August 10, 1994 · 23:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-049Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2005
- End of operations
- December 2005
Size
- Mass
- 1,779 kg
- Dry mass
- 827 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 22.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q164612 (CC0).