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RCA-SATCOM 3
RCA-SATCOM 3 was launched on December 7, 1979 aboard a Delta 3914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1979-101ANORAD 11635United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom 3
- Common name
- RCA-SATCOM 3
- Payload designation
- RCA-C
- International designator
- 1979-101A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11635
- GCAT identifier
- S11635
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/033
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- RCA Satcom
- Owner
- RCA Americom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Satcom
Launch
- Date
- December 7, 1979 · 01:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-101Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 8,356 km
- Apogee
- 35,448 km
- Inclination
- 8.20°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 10, 1979
- End of operations
- Dec 10, 1979
Size
- Mass
- 433 kg
- Dry mass
- 335 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 867 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 11.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061280 (CC0).