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CAT-1

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CAT-1
Mission typeVehicle evaluation
OperatorESA
COSPAR ID 1979-104A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no. 11645
Mission duration8 orbits
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass1,602 kilograms (3,532 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateDecember 24, 1979, 17:14:38 (1979年12月24日UTC17:14:38Z) UTC
RocketAriane 1
Launch siteKourou ELA-1
End of mission
Last contact28 December 1979 (1979年12月29日)
Decay date27 November 1989
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary transfer
Perigee altitude 182 kilometres (113 mi)
Apogee altitude 35,824 kilometres (22,260 mi)
Inclination 17.6 degrees
Period 631.45 minutes
Epoch 23 January 1980[1]

CAT-1 (also Technological Capsule 1,[2] also Obélix[3] ) 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.[4]

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