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Designator id: 1991-050C

Description of ORBCOMM-X Satellite:

ORBCOMM-X was launched from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana on the same Ariane rocket with UOSAT 5, TUBSAT, and SARA. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, it was a forerunner of a proposed network of low-earth-orbiting mobile communications satellites. The 0.46 by 0.66 by 0.2-m orbiter was powered by body mounted solar cells generating 27 W. It was flown to evaluate the ORBCOMM communications system, explore possible store and forward services and test location determination capability. Initial ground contact with ORBCOMM-X indicated the satellite was healthy, but communications were lost following a scheduled shut down of the VHF transmitter.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1991-07-17
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 40
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 22.1 kg
Nominal Power: 27.0 W
Funding Agencies:
Orbital Sciences Corp (United States)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 21576U 91050C   12339.01133902  .00000228  00000-0  85997-4 0   752
2 21576 098.6431 305.3827 0003069 200.1827 159.9236 14.40469843122744

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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