CTS

Also called Hermès

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General

Designation	08585 / 76004A
Launch date	17 Jan 1976
Country of origin	Canada
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	116°W
Launch vehicle	Thor Delta #119
Mass at launch	674 kg, 347 kg in orbit

Used by the United States and Canada for TV transmission tests with small Earth stations in Ku-band. Also used for computer links.

JSR: As with many satellites, it was spin-stabilized during the coast to geostationary orbit and prior to deploying its main solar array wings. Unusually, it got power during this period from an extra set of solar arrays mounted outside the folded-up array wings.

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External resources

http://sulu.lerc.nasa.gov/dglover/cts.html

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End of life

Out of service

November 1979

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