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BlueWalker 3
American communications and technology demonstration satellite. BlueWalker 3 was launched on September 11, 2022 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-111ALNORAD 53807United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BlueWalker 3
- International designator
- 2022-111AL
- NORAD catalog number
- 53807
- GCAT identifier
- S53807
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- BlueWalker
- Owner
- AST & Science
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Avellan Space Technology and Science
- Platform (bus)
- BW3
Launch
- Date
- September 11, 2022 · 01:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-111Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 502 km
- Apogee
- 518 km
- Inclination
- 53.20°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 9.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q121316180 (CC0).