Payload
OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 10669
OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1) is a United States payload satellite, launched on February 9, 1978 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 9, 1978 at 09:17 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- FLTSATCOM 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,173 km
- Periapsis
- 36,117 km
- Inclination
- 7.12°
- Orbital period
- 1454.45 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 978.2 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.44 × 1.27 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10669
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 1.9952 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational