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HOT BIRD 1

NORAD 23537 · Payload · In orbit since 1995

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Launched
1995-03-28 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
EUTE (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
1,798 kg
Size
2.5 × 1.8 m · 22.4 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,044 × 36,069 km
Inclination
13.1°
Period
1449.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
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.