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GSAT0001 (GIOVE-A)

NonoperationalPayloadMEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date: December 28, 2005 at 05:19 AM UTC
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by: Soyuz-FG Fregat →
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission: Giove A
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: MEO
Apoapsis: 23,423 km
Periapsis: 23,288 km
Inclination: 58.93°
Orbital period: 850.41 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2005-051A
NORAD catalog №: 28922
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: European Space Agency
Radar cross-section: 6.7228 m²
Status: Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate: No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status: Nonoperational