Payload
MARISAT 1
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 8697
MARISAT 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on February 19, 1976 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 19, 1976 at 10:32 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Marisat 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,137 km
- Periapsis
- 36,039 km
- Inclination
- 5.83°
- Orbital period
- 1451.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 358.77 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.2 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1976-017A
- NORAD catalog №
- 8697
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 5.8066 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational