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AsiaSat 4
AsiaSat communications satellite. AsiaSat 4 was launched on April 12, 2003 aboard a Atlas 3B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-014ANORAD 27718Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 4
- Common name
- AsiaSat 4
- International designator
- 2003-014A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27718
- GCAT identifier
- S27718
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/427
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- April 12, 2003 · 00:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-014Success
- Rocket
- Atlas 3B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,137 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 5.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 26.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14559246 (CC0).