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OPTUS D1
OPTUS D1 was launched on October 13, 2006 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-043BNORAD 29495Australia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Optus D1
- Common name
- OPTUS D1
- International designator
- 2006-043B
- NORAD catalog number
- 29495
- GCAT identifier
- S29495
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/559
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Optus
- Owner
- SingTel Optus
- Country
- Australia
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- OSC Star 2.4
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 2006 · 20:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,772 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,299 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,005 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 17.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2027508 (CC0).