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ASTRA 1C

NORAD 22653 · Payload · In orbit since 1993

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Launched
1993-05-12 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
SES (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
2,790 kg
Size
4.3 × 2.7 m · 21 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,176 × 36,211 km
Inclination
12.9°
Period
1456.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0004
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.