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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name              = Tele-X
| names_list        = 
| image             = 
| image_caption     = 
| image_size        = 300px

| mission_type      = [[Communications satellite|Communications]]
| operator          = [[Nordic Satellite AB]]<br/>[[Swedish Space Corporation]]
| COSPAR_ID         = 1989-027A 
| SATCAT            = 19919
| website           = [http://www.ssc.se/default.asp?groupid=2004102210358979&pageid=20041022103155848 Tele-X at SSC]
| mission_duration  = 9 years (achieved)

| spacecraft_bus    = Spacebus 300
| manufacturer      = [[Aérospatiale]]<br/>[[Saab Ericsson Space]]
| launch_mass       = {{cvt|1050|kg}}
| dimensions        = 
| power             = 3 [[Watt|kW]]

| launch_date       = 2 April 1989, 02:28:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
| launch_rocket     = [[Ariane 2]] (V30 - L27)
| launch_site       = [[Guiana Space Centre|Centre Spatial Guyanais]], [[ELA-1]]
| launch_contractor = [[Arianespace]]

| entered_service   = 
| last_contact      = 
| disposal_type     = [[Graveyard orbit]]
| deactivated       = 16 January 1998 <ref name="UNOOSA">{{cite web|url=https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/ser335E.pdf|title=Note verbale dated 6 April 1998 from the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations (Vienna) addressed to the Secretary-General|publisher=COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE - UNO|date=28 April 1998|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>

| orbit_reference   = [[Geocentric orbit]]<ref name="Trajectory">{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1989-027A|title=Trajectory: Tele-X (1989-027A |publisher=NASA|date=28 October 2021|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| orbit_regime      = [[Geostationary orbit]]
| orbit_longitude   = 
| apsis             = gee

| trans_band        = 
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}}

'''Tele-X''' was the first [[communications satellite]] serving the [[Nordic countries]]. It was launched with an [[Ariane 2]] [[launch vehicle]] from [[Kourou]], [[French Guiana]], on 2 April 1989. On 16 January 1998, its fuel was exhausted and it was moved into [[graveyard orbit]]. The project was managed and operated by the [[Swedish Space Corporation]] (SCC), but it was built by [[Aérospatiale]] and [[Saab Ericsson Space]], based on the [[Spacebus|Spacebus 300]] series.

Some of the [[Television Channel|TV channels]] it broadcast was [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4 Sweden]], [[Kanal 5 (Sweden)|Kanal 5 Sweden]], [[NRK]] and [[Filmnet]]. In addition, it broadcast [[radio]] for [[Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå|TT]], [[The Voice Denmark|The Voice]] Danmark, [[Radio Sweden]], [[Rix FM]], [[Mix Megapol]] and [[NRJ]]. It was also used for [[Internet]] communication for universities in [[Eastern Europe]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tele-x.htm Tele-X]

{{Orbital launches in 1989}}

[[Category:Space programme of Sweden]]
[[Category:Communications satellites in geostationary orbit]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched in 1989]]
[[Category:Satellites using the Spacebus bus]]
[[Category:1980s establishments in French Guiana]]


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