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Launch · COSPAR 1988-109 · 11 Dec 1988

SKYNET 4B

Guiana Space Centre, Kourou · FR5.24°, -52.77°

Payloads

2

Catalogued objects

22

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

20

Decayed

2

9% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Guiana Space Centre, KourouGuiana Space Centre, Kourou

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 22

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Payload Payload · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
SKYNET 4B196871988-109AUnknownGEO35,930 / 35,978 km13.02°on orbit—
ASTRA 1ASES GEO fleet196881988-109BUnknownGEO36,269 / 36,407 km14.83°on orbitSES

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE 44LP R/B196891988-109CInactiveHEO452 / 35,239 km6.51°on orbit—

Debris Debris · 19

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE DEB [SPELDA]196901988-109DDecayedLEO132 / 895 km7.00°22 Oct 1993—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255381988-109EInactiveHEO550 / 36,013 km6.80°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255391988-109FInactiveOTHER425 / 29,469 km7.12°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255401988-109GInactiveOTHER368 / 26,062 km6.64°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255411988-109HInactiveOTHER506 / 33,683 km6.63°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255421988-109JInactiveOTHER463 / 34,731 km6.63°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB255431988-109KInactiveHEO455 / 35,169 km6.54°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB268081988-109LInactiveHEO687 / 37,365 km6.23°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB268101988-109MInactiveHEO846 / 36,937 km6.19°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB268111988-109NDecayedLEO147 / 1,609 km6.78°07 Sept 2002—
ARIANE 44LP DEB268121988-109PInactiveHEO1,017 / 35,909 km6.03°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335411988-109QInactiveHEO775 / 35,826 km6.64°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335421988-109RInactiveHEO738 / 35,803 km6.71°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335431988-109SInactiveHEO584 / 35,557 km6.64°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335441988-109TInactiveOTHER365 / 34,244 km7.12°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335451988-109UInactiveOTHER425 / 34,182 km6.50°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335461988-109VInactiveHEO710 / 35,974 km6.88°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB335471988-109WInactiveOTHER643 / 33,715 km6.47°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB483511988-109XInactiveOTHER457 / 31,052 km7.48°on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1988-109
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
11 Dec 1988
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Site code
FRGUI
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYFDAZH4C6VMT6EMTYK

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1988-109; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.

SKYNET 4B — Launch 1988-109, 11 Dec 1988 | SatelliteIndex