Payload
MSAT M1
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
MSAT M1 is a Canada payload satellite, launched on April 20, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 20, 1996 at 10:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- M-SAT 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,321 km
- Periapsis
- 36,176 km
- Inclination
- 12.44°
- Orbital period
- 1459.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 1,694.75 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23846
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 11.9952 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational