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Other Designations: Communications Technology Satellite. Class: Communications. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: Canada. Agency: CRC.

Canadian Telecommunications Satellite project. Only one spacecraft launched.

Typical orbit: 35704 km x 35840 km at 13 degrees inclination. Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Main Engine: Star 27. Associated Launch Vehicle: Delta 2000.

CTS Chronology

1976 January 17 - CTS 1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Perigee: 35,704 km (22,185 mi). Apogee: 35,840 km (22,260 mi). Inclination: 12.80 deg. Period: 1,435.40 min.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Americas at 116 deg W in 1976-79; over the Pacific Ocean 142 deg W in 1979 As of 5 September 2001 located at 135.36 deg W drifting at 0.161 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 131.55W drifting at 0.190W degrees per day.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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