Communications
THURAYA-1
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
THURAYA-1 is a United Arab Emirates communications satellite, launched on October 21, 2000 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 21, 2000 at 05:52 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Thuraya 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,191 km
- Periapsis
- 36,112 km
- Inclination
- 9.84°
- Orbital period
- 1454.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United Arab Emirates
- Launch mass
- 3,200 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-066A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26578
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Arab Emirates- Radar cross-section
- 24.8122 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational