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Other Designations: Satellite Italiano Ricerca Industriale Orientata. Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Nation: Italy. SIRIO is a spin stabilized geostationary experimental communications satellite. Characteristics of satellite: Weight at launch 398 kg, in orbit 218 kg. Configuration - cylindrical, height 1.981m, diameter 1.433m, nominal life two years.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 220 kg.
Sirio Chronology
25 August 1977
Sirio 1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 220 kg. Perigee: 35,755 km. Apogee: 35,869 km. Inclination: 9.6 deg. Experimental commsat. SIRIO (Satellite Italiano Ricerca Industriale Orientata). Launch time 2350:00 GMT. Geographical longitude of geostationary orbit 15 deg W. SIRIO is a spin stabilized geostationary experimental communications satellite. Characteristics of satellite: Weight at launch 398 kg, in orbit 218 kg. Configuration - cylindrical, height 1.981m, diameter 1.433 m, nominal life two years.
09 September 1982
Sirio 2 Program: MARECS. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 1. FAILURE: Failure.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
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- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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