Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Star One C1 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Brazil |
Operator/Owner |
Star One (SES [Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)]) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-64.98 |
Perigee (km) |
35703 |
Apogee (km) |
35778 |
Eccentricity |
0.000890514242291115 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.03 |
Period (minutes) |
1436 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4100 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1750 |
Power (watts) |
10500 |
Date of Launch |
14-11-2007 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Thales Alenia Space |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2007-056A |
NORAD Number |
32293 |
Comments |
Has one X-band transponder for military use. 28 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders, services to Brazil and neighboring countries. |