Communications
TELSTAR 302
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Telstar 302 was a geostationary communication satellite built by Hughes, it was located at orbital position of 85 degrees west longitude and was operated by AT&T Corp. The satellite was based on the HS-376 platform and its life expectancy was 10 years. Telstar 302 left service on September 5, 1997. The satellite was successfully launched into space on August 30, 1984, at 12:41:50 UTC, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-41D mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, Along with the SBS 4 satellites and Leasat 2. It had a launch mass of 1,140 kg.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 30, 1984 at 12:41 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-41-D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,935 km
- Periapsis
- 35,912 km
- Inclination
- 14.14°
- Orbital period
- 1443.09 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1984-093D
- NORAD catalog №
- 15237
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.6276 m²
- Status
- active
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