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Class: Communications. Type: Military. Nation: UK. United Kingdom military communications satellite; 1 deg W. Owner/operator: UK Ministry of Defence. Expected operational life 10 years.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,463 kg.
SECS/OTS Chronology
30 August 1990
Skynet 4C Program: Skynet. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP. Mass: 1,463 kg. Perigee: 35,781 km. Apogee: 35,793 km. Inclination: 2.0 deg. UK military communications; 1 deg W. United Kingdom military communications satellite. Owner/operator: UK Ministry of Defence. Expected operational life 10 years.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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