Payload
SIRIUS W (MARCOPOLO 1)
activePayloadGEONORAD 20193
SIRIUS W (MARCOPOLO 1) is a Sweden payload satellite, launched on August 27, 1989 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 27, 1989 at 10:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 4925-8 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Marcopolo 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,119 km
- Periapsis
- 36,066 km
- Inclination
- 14.83°
- Orbital period
- 1451.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Sweden
- Launch mass
- 1,233 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.2 × 7.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-067A
- NORAD catalog №
- 20193
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Sweden- Radar cross-section
- 2 m²
- Status
- active