Mauritius
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Mauritius
Related
- Spacecraft
- Spacebus 4000
- Launch Vehicles
- Ariane 5
- Projects
- Rascom
- Launch Sites
- Kourou
- Agency
- Alenia, RascomStarQAF
Chronology
1 event
2007 December 21
21:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA3. LV Family: Ariane 5. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5GS.- Rascom-QAF-1 - .
Payload: Spacebus 4000B3. Mass: 4,579 kg (10,094 lb). Nation: Mauritius.
Agency: RascomStarQAF.
Manufacturer: Alenia.
Program: Rascom.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Spacebus 4000.
USAF Sat Cat: 32387 . COSPAR: 2007-063A. Apogee: 35,796 km (22,242 mi). Perigee: 35,771 km (22,227 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.00 min.
African communications satellite with a hybrid Ku/C-band payload. Nominal owner RascomStarQAF of Port Louis, Mauritius, a subsidiary of the Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM) based in Cote d'Ivoire. The mission and satellite control centers were located in Cameroun and Libya. The satellite was to provide voice, data and internet services throughout Africa. Ahelium leak in the propulsion system prevented use of the primary apogee motor. Reaction control motors were used instead to slowly move the satellite into geosynchronous orbit. The satellite was expected to reach its operating location, but with a shorter-than-planned operational lifetime.