Payload
BSAT-1B
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
BSAT-1B is a Japan payload satellite, launched on April 28, 1998 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 28, 1998 at 10:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Nilesat 101 & BSat 1b
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,124 km
- Periapsis
- 36,100 km
- Inclination
- 11.48°
- Orbital period
- 1452.75 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 701.68 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-024B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25312
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 12.5893 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational