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OTS 1

Spacecraft propulsion supplied by ArianeGroup

OTS 1 / launch failure
ESA
OTS-1
Category Telecom Testing
Operator ESA
Orbit GEO
Sat position -
Launch date 1977 - Launch failure
Launch mass 865 kg
Design life 12 years
Launcher Delta 3914
Satellite / Bus  
Manufacturer Hawker Siddeley Dynamics

 

Orbital Propulsion Centre Contribution
Fill and drain valvesSubsystem Responsibility:
bullet 12 x 0.5 N hydrazine thruster, CHT 0.5
bullet 8 x 2 N hydrazine thruster, CHT 2
bullet Fill & Drain valves
bullet Propellant loading at Kennedy Space Center (ETR)
0.5N hydrazine thruster
2N hydrazine thruster

 

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