SBS 1
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SBS |
COSPAR ID | 1980-091A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 12065 |
Mission duration | 7 years design life |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | HS-376 |
Manufacturer | Hughes Space and Communications |
Launch mass | 550 kilograms (1,210 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 November 1980, 22:49 | UTC
Rocket | Delta-3910 PAM-D |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
Contractor | NASA |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Deactivated | June 1990 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 149° W[2] |
Eccentricity | 0.7415 |
Perigee altitude | 600 kilometres (370 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 40,662 kilometres (25,266 mi) |
Inclination | 62.8° |
Period | 736.2 minutes |
Epoch | November 15, 1980 |
Transponders | |
Band | 14 Ku band |
SBS 1 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 149°W longitude.[3]
Satellite description
[edit]The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-376 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 550 kg (1,210 lb), a geostationary orbit and a 7-year design life.[4]
History
[edit]On November 15, 1980, SBS 1 was launched by a Delta-3910 PAM-D from Cape Canaveral at 22:49 UTC.
In June 1990, SBS 1 was finally decommissioned and put into a graveyard orbit.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "SBS 1". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ "SBS 1". n2yo.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ a b Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "SBS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / HGS 5 - Gunter's Space Page". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ "SBS 1". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
See also
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