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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: France. Agency: CNES/DFV.

Experimental telecommunications satellite, constructed jointly by France and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Typical orbit: 35808 km x 35808 km at 13 degrees inclination. Mass: 221 kg (487 lb).

Symphonie Chronology

1974 December 19 - Symphonie 1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 221 kg (487 lb). Perigee: 35,853 km (22,277 mi). Apogee: 35,893 km (22,302 mi). Inclination: 14.90 deg. Period: 1,440.50 min.
Experimental commsat. Jointly registered by the Federal Republic of Germany (A/AC.105/INF.305) and France (A/AC.105/INF.306). Symphonie flying model no. 1, constructed jointly by France and the Federal Republic of Germany. Description: Experimental teleco mmunications satellite. Orbit: geostationary. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 11 deg W in 1975-1977; over the Indian Ocean 49 deg E in 1977-1983 As of 25 August 2001 located at 179.98 deg E drifting at 1.086 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 72.77E drifting at 1.184W 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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