Olympus-1
| Mission type | Communication, experimental |
|---|---|
| Operator | ESA |
| COSPAR ID | 1989-053A |
| SATCAT no. | 20122 |
| Mission duration | 4 years, 1 month |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | L-Sat |
| Manufacturer | Astrium Thales Alenia Space |
| Launch mass | 2,612 kilograms (5,758 lb)[1] |
| Power | 3600 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 12 July 1989 |
| Rocket | Ariane 3, V32 |
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre Kourou, French Guiana |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Deactivated | 12 August 1993 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
Olympus-1 was a
disposal orbit and was put out of commission.[2] The Olympus bus was reincarnated as Alphabus, made by the same manufacturers, this time for Inmarsat (Inmarsat-4A F4
).
References
- ^ ESA. November 2001. Archived from the original(PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Shooting Stars Can Shoot Down Satellites". Spectrum.ieee.org. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
External links
- "The sad story of Olympus 1"
- "The Olympus failure", ESA press release, 26 August 1993
- "OLYMPUS", NASA Satellite Communications Systems and Technology, July 1993