Payload
DFS 1
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DFS 1 is a Germany payload satellite, launched on June 5, 1989 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 5, 1989 at 10:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,735 km
- Periapsis
- 35,625 km
- Inclination
- 13.99°
- Orbital period
- 1430.66 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Germany
- Launch mass
- 815 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1989-041B
- NORAD catalog №
- 20041
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Radar cross-section
- 2.5119 m²
- Status
- active