Payload
TURKSAT 1C
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
TURKSAT 1C is a Turkey payload satellite, launched on July 9, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 9, 1996 at 10:24 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat IIA & Türksat 1C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,781 km
- Periapsis
- 35,747 km
- Inclination
- 12.05°
- Orbital period
- 1434.94 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Turkey
- Launch mass
- 1,068.38 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-040B
- NORAD catalog №
- 23949
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Turkey- Radar cross-section
- 1.2589 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational