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CAT 1
CAT 1
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European technology satellite. Vehicle evaluation payload, Europe. Launched 1979 - 1981.

Status: Operational 1979. First Launch: 1979-12-24. Last Launch: 1981-12-20. Number: 5 .

Principal mission of the technological capsule (with ballast), which was equipped with batteries having a lifetime of approximately 8 orbits, was to transmit back to earth technological data on the first developmental flight L01 of the Ariane launch vehicle.

When the batteries were exhausted, the capsule ended its radio transmissions, and it was then inoperative but still in orbit.


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Family: High earth orbit, Technology, Technology satellite. Country: Europe. Launch Vehicles: Ariane 1, Ariane. Launch Sites: Kourou, Kourou ELA1. Agency: ESA. Bibliography: 2, 279, 6, 12175.

1979 December 24 - . 17:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA1. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 1.
1980 May 23 - . 14:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA1. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 1. FAILURE: Failure.
1981 June 19 - . 12:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA1. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 1.
1981 December 20 - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA1. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 1.

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