Payload
SUPERBIRD-A1
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SUPERBIRD-A1 is a Japan payload satellite, launched on December 1, 1992 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 1, 1992 at 10:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Superbird A1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,166 km
- Periapsis
- 36,060 km
- Inclination
- 12.57°
- Orbital period
- 1452.82 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 1,650.15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1992-084A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22253
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational