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Class: Communications. Nation: Turkey. Manufacturer: Aerospatiale.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,890 kg.
Spacebus 2000 Chronology
24 January 1994
Turksat 1A Program: Turksat. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP. FAILURE: Failure.
10 August 1994
Turksat 1B Program: Turksat. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP. Mass: 1,779 kg. Perigee: 35,740 km. Apogee: 35,829 km. Inclination: 0.1 deg. 16 Ku-band transponders. Stationed at 41.92 deg E.
28 March 1995
Hot Bird 1 Program: Eutelsat. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP. Mass: 1,800 kg. Perigee: 35,773 km. Apogee: 35,798 km. Inclination: 0.0 deg. Stationed at 13.0 deg E.
09 July 1996
Turksat 1C Program: Turksat. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. Mass: 2,100 kg. Perigee: 35,781 km. Apogee: 35,792 km. Inclination: 0.0 deg. Geostationary at 26.0E.
30 January 1997
Nahuel 1A Program: Nahuel. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. Perigee: 35,774 km. Apogee: 35,798 km. Inclination: 0.0 deg. Geosynchronous. Stationed over 71.8W
Bibliography:- 4 - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. HTML when accessed: ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
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