Payload
MARECS-A
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
MARECS-A is a European Space Agency payload satellite, launched on December 20, 1981 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 20, 1981 at 01:29 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 1 →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Marecs 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 37,832 km
- Periapsis
- 36,809 km
- Inclination
- 11.63°
- Orbital period
- 1515.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 557.98 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-122A
- NORAD catalog №
- 13010
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 1.6507 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational