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TV-Sat 1
Decommissioned West German communication satellite. TV-Sat 1 was launched on November 21, 1987 aboard a Ariane 2 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1987-095ANORAD 18570Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TV-SAT
- Common name
- TV-Sat 1
- International designator
- 1987-095A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18570
- GCAT identifier
- S18570
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/181
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TV-SAT
- Owner
- Bundespost
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- MBB
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 300
Launch
- Date
- November 21, 1987 · 02:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-095Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 2
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,214 km
- Apogee
- 35,835 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 1989
- End of operations
- February 1989
Size
- Mass
- 2,080 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,025 kg
- Length
- 7.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 19.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q133581 (CC0).