Mission type Vehicle evaluation COSPAR ID 1979-104A Mission duration 8 orbits Launch date 24 December 1979 Launch site Guiana Space Centre | Operator ESA SATCAT no. 11645 Launch mass 1,602 kg Last contact 28 December 1979 Decay date 27 November 1989 | |
Similar Prospero, Astérix, Kosmos 1129, Ōsumi, SPOT 1 | ||
CAT-1 (also Technological Capsule 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the European Space Agency on their own rocket, the Ariane 1. It was only intended to provide data on the launch characteristics of the new rocket and was only powered for 8 orbits.
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