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COMSTAR 3
COMSTAR 3 was launched on June 29, 1978 aboard a Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-068ANORAD 10975United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Comstar 203
- Common name
- COMSTAR 3
- Payload designation
- Comstar D-3
- International designator
- 1978-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10975
- GCAT identifier
- S10975
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/016
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Comstar
- Owner
- Comsat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-351
Launch
- Date
- June 29, 1978 · 22:24 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-068Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,467 km
- Apogee
- 35,783 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 21, 1986
- End of operations
- May 21, 1986
Size
- Mass
- 748 kg
- Dry mass
- 590 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,490 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327620 (CC0).