Payload
TELECOM 1B
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
TELECOM 1B is a France payload satellite, launched on May 8, 1985 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 8, 1985 at 01:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 3 →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Gstar 1 & Télécom 1B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,774 km
- Periapsis
- 35,763 km
- Inclination
- 10.15°
- Orbital period
- 1435.18 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- France
- Launch mass
- 677.9 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1985-035B
- NORAD catalog №
- 15678
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 2.5119 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational