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FLTSATCOM-3
FLTSATCOM-3 was launched on January 18, 1980 aboard a Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1980-004ANORAD 11669United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FLTSATCOM F3
- Common name
- FLTSATCOM-3
- International designator
- 1980-004A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11669
- GCAT identifier
- S11669
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/033
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- FLTSATCOM
- Owner
- NESC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- FLTSATCOM
Launch
- Date
- January 18, 1980 · 01:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 1980-004Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,744 km
- Apogee
- 35,827 km
- Inclination
- 2.63°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 30, 1990
- End of operations
- Dec 30, 1990
Size
- Mass
- 942 kg
- Dry mass
- 822 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,876 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 13.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5426570 (CC0).