Name:Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE)
Launch Date: 19.06.1981
APPLE was used for nearly two years to carry out extensive experiments on time, frequency and code division multiple access systems, radio networking computer inter connect, random access and pockets witching experiments.
| Mission | Experimental geostationary communication |
| Weight | 670 kg |
| Onboard Power | 210 Watts |
| Communication | VHF and C-band |
| Stabilization | Three axis stabilized (biased momentum) with Momentum Wheels, Torquers & Hydrazine based Reaction control system |
| Payload | C - band transponders (Two) |
| Launch Date | June19,1981 |
| Launch Site | Kourou (CSG), French Guyana |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane -1(V-3) |
| Orbit | Geosynchronous (102 deg. E longitude, over Indonesia) |
| Inclination | Near zero |
| Mission life | Two years |
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