TVSAT 1

NORAD 18570 · Payload · In orbit since 1987

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Launched: 1987-11-21 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator: GER (Europe)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Communications
Mass: 2,080 kg
Size: 7.2 × 1.6 m · 19.3 m deployed
Orbit class: GEO (geosynchronous)
Perigee × Apogee: 35,901 × 36,440 km
Inclination: 11.2°
Period: 1455.4 min
Eccentricity: 0.0063
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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