Payload
AFRISTAR
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
AFRISTAR is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 28, 1998 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 28, 1998 at 10:15 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Afristar & GE 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,154 km
- Periapsis
- 36,135 km
- Inclination
- 10.22°
- Orbital period
- 1454.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,689.79 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-063A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25515
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.9082 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational