Tele-X

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Tele-X
Mission type Communications
Operator Nordic Satellite AB
Swedish Space Corporation
COSPAR ID 1989-027A
SATCAT no. 19919
Website Tele-X at SSC
Mission duration9 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
Bus Spacebus 300
Manufacturer Aérospatiale
Saab Ericsson Space
Launch mass1,050 kg (2,310 lb)
Power3 kW
Start of mission
Launch date2 April 1989, 02:28:00 UTC
Rocket Ariane 2 (V30 - L27)
Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-1
Contractor Arianespace
End of mission
Disposal Graveyard orbit
Deactivated16 January 1998 [1]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit [2]
Regime Geostationary orbit
 

Tele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries. It was launched with an Ariane 2 launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana, on 2 April 1989. On 16 January 1998, its fuel was exhausted and it was moved into graveyard orbit. The project was managed and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation (SCC), but it was built by Aérospatiale and Saab Ericsson Space, based on the Spacebus 300 series.

Some of the TV channels it broadcast was TV4 Sweden, Kanal 5 Sweden, NRK and Filmnet. In addition, it broadcast radio for TT, The Voice Danmark, Radio Sweden, Rix FM, Mix Megapol and NRJ. It was also used for Internet communication for universities in Eastern Europe.

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References

  1. "Note verbale dated 6 April 1998 from the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary-General" (PDF). COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE - UNO. 28 April 1998. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Trajectory: Tele-X (1989-027A". NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.