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GSTAR 3
GSTAR 3 was launched on September 8, 1988 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-081ANORAD 19483United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Gstar 3
- Common name
- GSTAR 3
- International designator
- 1988-081A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19483
- GCAT identifier
- S19483
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/208
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Gstar
- Owner
- GTE
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- September 8, 1988 · 23:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-081Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,772 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 5.68°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 1999
- End of operations
- 1999
Size
- Mass
- 726 kg
- Dry mass
- 370 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,243 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 14.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943259 (CC0).