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Astra 3B
Communications satellite. Astra 3B was launched on May 21, 2010 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (May 31, 2010).
COSPAR 2010-021ANORAD 36581United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Astra 3B
- International designator
- 2010-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36581
- GCAT identifier
- S36581
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/618
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Astra
- Owner
- SES Sat. Leasing
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- EADS Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 3000M
Launch
- Date
- May 21, 2010 · 22:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-021Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,765 km
- Apogee
- 35,806 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- May 31, 2010
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,471 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 39.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q750287 (CC0).