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Launch · COSPAR 1991-015 · 02 Mar 1991

ASTRA 1B

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

Payloads

2

Catalogued objects

16

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

10

Decayed

6

38% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

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

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 16

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Payload Payload · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ASTRA 1BSES GEO fleet211391991-015AUnknownGEO36,268 / 36,309 km13.47°on orbitSES
METEOSAT-5 (MOP-2)Metop / Meteosat211401991-015BUnknownGEO36,257 / 36,353 km14.63°on orbitEUMETSAT

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE 44LP R/B211411991-015CDecayedLEO119 / 748 km6.88°10 Feb 2002—
METEOSAT-5 AKM219041991-015EInactiveGEO35,153 / 36,497 km12.19°on orbitEuropean Space Agency

Debris Debris · 12

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE 44LP DEB [SPELDA]211421991-015DDecayedLEO138 / 1,201 km6.71°23 Nov 1995—
ARIANE 44LP DEB232361991-015FDecayedLEO117 / 437 km6.64°28 Sept 2004—
ARIANE 44LP DEB232461991-015GDecayedLEO136 / 337 km7.17°06 Sept 2007—
ARIANE 44LP DEB232321991-015HDecayedLEO182 / 1,424 km6.96°06 Nov 2020—
ARIANE 44LP DEB259281991-015JInactiveOTHER607 / 27,969 km7.75°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB263711991-015KDecayedLEO138 / 663 km7.29°01 Jun 2000—
ARIANE 44LP DEB267941991-015LInactiveOTHER660 / 28,174 km7.92°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB276611991-015MInactiveOTHER378 / 27,930 km5.41°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB276621991-015NInactiveOTHER388 / 20,730 km5.42°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB280401991-015PInactiveOTHER1,258 / 28,869 km7.59°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB411181991-015QInactiveOTHER627 / 28,721 km3.62°on orbit—
ARIANE 44LP DEB458551991-015RInactiveOTHER251 / 2,182 km6.08°on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1991-015
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
02 Mar 1991
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Site code
FRGUI
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYFDAZH4C6VMT6EMV62

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1991-015; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.