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Spacenet 3R
Communications satellite launched in 1988. Spacenet 3R was launched on March 11, 1988 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-018ANORAD 18951United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Spacenet 3R
- International designator
- 1988-018A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18951
- GCAT identifier
- S18951
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/194
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Spacenet
- Owner
- GTE
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- March 11, 1988 · 23:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-018Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 1999
- End of operations
- December 1999
Size
- Mass
- 674 kg
- Dry mass
- 350 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,213 kg
- Length
- 2.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 14.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327679 (CC0).