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Türksat 1C

Türksat 1C

Spacecraft
Türksat 1C was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France. Wikipedia
Launch date: July 9, 1996
Orbit height: 22,236 mi
Manufacturer: Aérospatiale
Bandwidth: 9×36 MHz; 2×54 megahertz; 5×72 megahertz
Speed on orbit: 1.908 miles/s
Max speed: 6,867 mph
Launch mass: 1,062 kg (2,341 lb)