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OPTUS B3
OPTUS B3 was launched on August 27, 1994 aboard a Chang Zheng 2E from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1994-055ANORAD 23227Australia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Optus B3
- Common name
- OPTUS B3
- International designator
- 1994-055A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23227
- GCAT identifier
- S23227
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/435
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Optus
- Owner
- Optus
- Country
- Australia
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- August 27, 1994 · 23:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-055Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2E
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,646 km
- Apogee
- 35,923 km
- Inclination
- 0.76°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2016
- End of operations
- December 2016
Size
- Mass
- 2,858 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,582 kg
- Length
- 2.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 20.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061361 (CC0).