Türksat 1B

Türksat 1B
Mission type Communication
Operator Türksat
COSPAR ID 1994-049B[1]
SATCAT № 23200[1]
Spacecraft properties
Bus Spacebus 2000
Manufacturer Aérospatiale
Start of mission
Launch date August 10, 1994, 23:05 (1994-08-10UTC23:05Z) UTC
Rocket Ariane 44LP H10+
Launch site Kourou ELA-2
End of mission
Deactivated October 17, 2006 (2006-10-18)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary
Longitude 42°E
Transponders
Band 16 Ku band

Türksat 1B was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France.

Türksat 1B was launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with Brazilian satellite Brasilsat B1, in a dual-payload launch on August 10, 1994 at 23:05 UTC from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit and positioned at 42°E.[1][2][3][4]

It is based on the Aerospatiale Spacebus 2000 series having an on-orbit mass of about one ton. The communications payload consists of 16 Ku band transponders with six wideband channels of 72 MHz and ten narrowband of 36 MHz.[2]

In addition to Turkey, the satellite covered a geographical range from Europe to Central Asia before completing its mission in 2006.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Turksat 1B". NASA. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  2. 1 2 "Türksat 1A, 1B, 1C". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  3. ↑ "Ariane-44LP H10+". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  4. 1 2 Taşpınar, Özgür (2011-07-05). "İşte Türkiye'nin uzay programı". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-12-22.
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