Payload
DIRECTV 1 (DBS 1)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 22930
DIRECTV 1 (DBS 1) is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 18, 1993 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 18, 1993 at 01:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- DirecTV 1 & Thaicom 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,178 km
- Periapsis
- 36,124 km
- Inclination
- 12.11°
- Orbital period
- 1454.74 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,711.6 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.6 × 2.3 × 2.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1993-078A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22930
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 12.1006 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational