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Landsat 3
Third satellite of the Landsat program. Landsat 3 was launched on March 5, 1978 aboard a Delta 2910 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 1983).
COSPAR 1978-026ANORAD 10702United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Landsat 3
- Payload designation
- Landsat C
- International designator
- 1978-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10702
- GCAT identifier
- S10702
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/011
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Landsat
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Missiles and Space Vehicles Division (MSVD)
- Platform (bus)
- Nimbus
Launch
- Date
- March 5, 1978 · 17:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-026Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2910
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 898 km
- Apogee
- 919 km
- Inclination
- 98.76°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 1983
- Last known active
- Sep 7, 1983
- End of operations
- Sep 7, 1983
Size
- Mass
- 900 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6485034 (CC0).