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AsiaSat 3S
Asiasat communications satellite. AsiaSat 3S was launched on March 21, 1999 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-013ANORAD 25657Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 3S
- Common name
- AsiaSat 3S
- International designator
- 1999-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25657
- GCAT identifier
- S25657
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/359
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- March 21, 1999 · 00:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-013Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/23
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,766 km
- Apogee
- 35,805 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 2021
- End of operations
- Nov 15, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 3,463 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,300 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14559245 (CC0).