Payload
ANIK D1 (TELESAT 6)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 13431
ANIK D1 (TELESAT 6) is a Canada payload satellite, launched on August 26, 1982 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 26, 1982 at 11:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 3920/PAM →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Anik D1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,858 km
- Periapsis
- 35,811 km
- Inclination
- 12.21°
- Orbital period
- 1438.55 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 628.34 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.16 × 6.56 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1982-082A
- NORAD catalog №
- 13431
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 1.5887 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational