Payload
BRASILSAT 1
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 15561
BRASILSAT 1 is a Brazil payload satellite, launched on February 8, 1985 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 8, 1985 at 11:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 3 →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat 1A & Brasilsat A1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,006 km
- Periapsis
- 35,972 km
- Inclination
- 14.12°
- Orbital period
- 1446.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Brazil
- Launch mass
- 661.05 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.2 × 7.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1985-015B
- NORAD catalog №
- 15561
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Brazil- Radar cross-section
- 2.7224 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational