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AUSSAT A3
Australian communications satellite. AUSSAT A3 was launched on September 16, 1987 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 1992).
COSPAR 1987-078ANORAD 18350Australia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Aussat K3
- Common name
- AUSSAT A3
- International designator
- 1987-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18350
- GCAT identifier
- S18350
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/199
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Aussat
- Owner
- Aussat
- Country
- Australia
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- September 16, 1987 · 00:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-078Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 1992
- Last known active
- Mar 30, 2008
- End of operations
- Mar 30, 2008
Size
- Mass
- 653 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,196 kg
- Length
- 6.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061366 (CC0).