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ABS-7
Communication satellite operated by ABS. ABS-7 was launched on September 4, 1999 aboard a Ariane 42P from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (May 24, 2010).
COSPAR 1999-046ANORAD 25894South Korea
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Mugunghwa 3
- Common name
- ABS-7
- Payload designation
- Koreasat 3
- International designator
- 1999-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25894
- GCAT identifier
- S25894
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/362
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Koreasat
- Owner
- KTEL
- Country
- South Korea
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- September 4, 1999 · 22:34 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-046Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 42P
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,782 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- May 24, 2010
- Last known active
- Feb 16, 2022
- End of operations
- Feb 16, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 2,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,332 kg
- Length
- 4.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 22.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12595496 (CC0).