DFS-Kopernikus 3

Satellite. DFS-Kopernikus 3 was launched on October 12, 1992 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (June 2002).

COSPAR 1992-066ANORAD 22175Germany

Identity

Name in GCAT: Kopernikus 3
Common name: DFS-Kopernikus 3
Payload designation: DFS 3
International designator: 1992-066A
NORAD catalog number: 22175
GCAT identifier: S22175
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/263

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Civil government
Program: DFS
Owner: Bundespost
Country: Germany
Builder: Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA)-Ottobrunn
Platform (bus): Spacebus 100

Launch

Date: October 12, 1992 · 09:47 UTC
Launch record: 1992-066Success
Rocket: Delta 7925
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/S
Perigee: 35,775 km
Apogee: 35,790 km
Inclination: 0.02°
Status: Renamed
Status date: June 2002
Last known active: February 2003
End of operations: February 2003

Size

Mass: 1,419 kg
Dry mass: 645 kg
Length: 3.4 m
Diameter: 1.70 m
Span: 15.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061243 (CC0).