Tempo
Spacecraft · USA
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Direct Broadcasting satellite series for DirecTV.
More at: Tempo.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Spacecraft
- FS-1300
- Launch Vehicles
- Atlas IIA
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral
- Bibliography
- 13268
Chronology
1 event
1997 March 8
06:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC36A. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIA.- Tempo 2 - .
Mass: 3,640 kg (8,020 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: TCI.
Manufacturer: Palo Alto.
Program: Tempo.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: FS-1300.
USAF Sat Cat: 24748 . COSPAR: 1997-011A. Apogee: 35,792 km (22,240 mi). Perigee: 35,781 km (22,233 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
Geosynchronous. Stationed over 118.7W Launch vehicle put payload into subsynchronous earth orbit with MRS trajectory option. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 119 deg W in 1997-1999 As of 5 September 2001 located at 118.82 deg W drifting at 0.001 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 42.64E drifting at 4.479W degrees per day.