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O3b FM23
Communications satellite. O3b FM23 was launched on April 28, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 2, 2025).
COSPAR 2023-059BNORAD 56368United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- O3b mPOWER F3
- Common name
- O3b FM23
- Payload designation
- O3b mPOWER 3
- International designator
- 2023-059B
- NORAD catalog number
- 56368
- GCAT identifier
- S56368
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1129
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- O3b
- Owner
- O3B SES
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- 702X
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 2023 · 22:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-059Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 5,420 km
- Apogee
- 7,741 km
- Inclination
- 3.92°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 2, 2025
- Last known active
- Apr 28, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,700 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q56355092 (CC0).