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Syncom 3
Communications satellite. Syncom 3 was launched on August 19, 1964 aboard a Thor Delta D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1964-047ANORAD 858United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Syncom 3
- Payload designation
- HS-301 Syncom C
- International designator
- 1964-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 858
- GCAT identifier
- S00858
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.081
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Syncom
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-301
Launch
- Date
- August 19, 1964 · 12:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-047Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,640 km
- Apogee
- 35,926 km
- Inclination
- 1.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 29, 1974
- End of operations
- Dec 29, 1974
Size
- Mass
- 34 kg
- Dry mass
- 33 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 66 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1293053 (CC0).