TELE
Spacecraft · Sweden
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Television, business communications satellite network for Nordic countries. High power telecommunications satellites provided both direct TV broadcasting and data communications.
Related
- Country
- Sweden
- Spacecraft
- Spacebus 300
- Launch Vehicles
- Ariane 2
- Launch Sites
- Kourou
- Agency
- NSAB
Chronology
1 event
1989 April 2
02:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA1. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 2.- TELE-X - .
Payload: Tele X. Mass: 2,142 kg (4,722 lb). Nation: Sweden.
Agency: NSAB.
Program: TELE.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Spacebus 300.
Completed Operations Date: 1998-01-13 . USAF Sat Cat: 19919 . COSPAR: 1989-027A. Apogee: 36,128 km (22,448 mi). Perigee: 36,061 km (22,407 mi). Inclination: 4.30 deg. Period: 1,451.80 min.
TV, business communications for Nordic countries; 5 deg E. High power telecommunications satellite with a dual mission; direct TV broadcasting and data communications. Four active transponders with two redundant; power output 200 W per transponder. Coverage area - East Nordic coverage zone as defined by ITU (WARC -77). Mission period estimated to be 6 to 8 years. Position 5 deg E. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 5 deg E in 1989-1998 As of 28 August 2001 located at 138.62 deg W drifting at 3.929 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 132.37W drifting at 3.933W degrees per day.