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O3B PFM

O3B PFM was launched on June 25, 2013 aboard a Soyuz-ST-B from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 2, 2025).

COSPAR 2013-031DNORAD 39191United Kingdom

Identity

Name in GCAT
O3b PFM
Common name
O3B PFM
Payload designation
O3b 1/PFM
International designator
2013-031D
NORAD catalog number
39191
GCAT identifier
S39191
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/686

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
O3b
Owner
O3B
Country
United Kingdom
Builder
Thales Alenia Space
Platform (bus)
Prisma?

Launch

Date
June 25, 2013 · 19:27 UTC
Launch record
2013-031Success
Spaceport
Kourou · pad ELS

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
MEO
Perigee
7,991 km
Apogee
8,071 km
Inclination
0.03°
Status
Renamed
Status date
April 2, 2025
Last known active
February 2025

Size

Mass
700 kg
Dry mass
500 kg
Length
4.0 m
Diameter
2.00 m
Span
12.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16086452 (CC0).