CAT-1 (also Technological Capsule 1,CAT-1, NSSDC, NASA also Obélix.) was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the European Space Agency on their own rocket, the Ariane 1. It was only intended to provide data on the launch characteristics of the new rocket and was only powered for 8 orbits.Ariane 1 , Encyclopedia Astronautica
See also
List of European Space Agency programmes and missions YPSat-1
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Image of satellite