Payload
SUPERBIRD-B1
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SUPERBIRD-B1 is a Japan payload satellite, launched on February 26, 1992 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 26, 1992 at 11:58 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Superbird B1 & Arabsat 1C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,185 km
- Periapsis
- 36,078 km
- Inclination
- 14.57°
- Orbital period
- 1453.75 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 1,518.33 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1992-010A
- NORAD catalog №
- 21893
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 7.9433 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational