Payload
COMSTAR 1
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COMSTAR 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 13, 1976 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 13, 1976 at 10:28 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Comstar 1A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,926 km
- Periapsis
- 35,894 km
- Inclination
- 7.98°
- Orbital period
- 1442.42 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,490 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1976-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 8838
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.2754 m²
- Status
- active