SCD 1
Satellite information SCD 1
| Spacetrack Directory Name | SCD 1 |
| Follow SCD 1 | SCD 1 Tracker |
| Pass predictions SCD 1 | Pass predictions SCD 1 |
| Orbit launches |
1993-02-09 (30 years ago)
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| Days in orbit | 11250 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Brazylia (BRAZ) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 712 km/h |
| Apogee | 774 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 24.97° |
| Laps per day | 14 |
| Height SCD 1 | 742.03 km |
Additional information SCD 1
The first Data-Collecting Satellite (Portuguese Satélite de Coleta de Dados) (aka SCD-1) was launched on February 9, 1993. It is the first satellite developed entirely in Brazil and it remains in operation in orbit to this date. SCD-1 was designed, developed, built, and tested by Brazilian scientists, engineers, and technicians working at National Institute of Space Research and in Brazilian industries. It was made to be launched with a Brazilian rocket in 1989. Once it was officially recognized that the rocket could not be completed until many years later, SCD-1, after undergoing minor adaptations, was finally launched with a Pegasus rocket made by Orbital Sciences. The rocket was launched from a B-52 airplane while flying over the Atlantic Ocean.
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