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SBS 3
American geostationary communications satellite. SBS 3 was launched on November 11, 1982 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (July 1985).
COSPAR 1982-110BNORAD 13651United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SBS 3
- International designator
- 1982-110B
- NORAD catalog number
- 13651
- GCAT identifier
- S13651
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/075
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SBS
- Owner
- SBS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- November 11, 1982 · 12:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1982-110Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,782 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.26°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 1985
- Last known active
- Jun 1, 1995
- End of operations
- Jun 1, 1995
Size
- Mass
- 589 kg
- Dry mass
- 441 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,115 kg
- Length
- 6.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14771275 (CC0).