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AfriStar
Communications satellite. AfriStar was launched on October 28, 1998 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jun 24, 2010).
COSPAR 1998-063ANORAD 25515United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Afristar
- Common name
- AfriStar
- International designator
- 1998-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25515
- GCAT identifier
- S25515
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/353
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Worldspace
- Owner
- Worldspace
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Matra Marconi Space (Toulouse)
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 2000+
Launch
- Date
- October 28, 1998 · 22:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-063Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,768 km
- Apogee
- 35,802 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- June 24, 2010
- Last known active
- December 2017
- End of operations
- Dec 16, 2017
Size
- Mass
- 2,739 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,210 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 28.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q387908 (CC0).