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BADR-3
Decommissioned Arabsat geostationary communications satellite. BADR-3 was launched on February 26, 1999 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-009ANORAD 25638Arabsat (Arab League)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Arabsat 3A
- Common name
- BADR-3
- International designator
- 1999-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25638
- GCAT identifier
- S25638
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Arabsat
- Owner
- Arabsat
- Country
- Arabsat (Arab League)
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000B2
Launch
- Date
- February 26, 1999 · 22:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-009Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,773 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Aug 27, 2009
Size
- Mass
- 2,708 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 29.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q795356 (CC0).