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ANIK B1 (TELESAT 4)

NORAD 11153 · Payload · In orbit since 1978

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Launched
1978-12-16 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
CA (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
488 kg
Size
1.6 × 1.3 m · 11.3 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,842 × 35,987 km
Inclination
9.4°
Period
1442.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0017
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.