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RCA-SATCOM 3R
RCA-SATCOM 3R was launched on November 20, 1981 aboard a Delta 3910/PAM from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-114ANORAD 12967United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Satcom 3R
- Common name
- RCA-SATCOM 3R
- Payload designation
- RCA-D
- International designator
- 1981-114A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12967
- GCAT identifier
- S12967
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/063
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
- November 20, 1981 · 01:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-114Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3910/PAM
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.14°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 10, 1991
- End of operations
- Apr 10, 1991
Size
- Mass
- 577 kg
- Dry mass
- 554 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,082 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 Q16061274 (CC0).