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AsiaSat 8
Hong Kong commercial communication satellite. AsiaSat 8 was launched on August 5, 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-046ANORAD 40107Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 8
- Common name
- AsiaSat 8
- International designator
- 2014-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40107
- GCAT identifier
- S40107
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/741
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- LS-1300LL
Launch
- Date
- August 5, 2014 · 08:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-046Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 22, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,535 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17486654 (CC0).