Communications
TELSTAR 401
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
Telstar 401 is a communication satellite owned by AT&T Corporation, which was launched in 1993, to replace Telstar 301. It was rendered inoperable by a magnetic storm in 1997.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 16, 1993 at 12:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas IIAS →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Telstar 401
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,820 km
- Periapsis
- 35,745 km
- Inclination
- 14.45°
- Orbital period
- 1435.89 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1993-077A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22927
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 21.6972 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational