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Spaceway-3
Communications satellite. Spaceway-3 was launched on August 14, 2007 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2007-036ANORAD 32018United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Spaceway 3
- Common name
- Spaceway-3
- International designator
- 2007-036A
- NORAD catalog number
- 32018
- GCAT identifier
- S32018
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/524
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Spaceway
- Owner
- Hughes NS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702HP
Launch
- Date
- August 14, 2007 · 23:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 2007-036Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,093 km
- Apogee
- 36,451 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jan 25, 2024
- End of operations
- Jan 25, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 6,075 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,655 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.20 m
- Span
- 40.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7572747 (CC0).