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Telstar 303
Retired American communications satellite. Telstar 303 was launched on June 17, 1985 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1985-048DNORAD 15826United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Telstar 303
- Payload designation
- Telstar 3D
- International designator
- 1985-048D
- NORAD catalog number
- 15826
- GCAT identifier
- S15826
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/134
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Telstar
- Owner
- AT&T Skynet
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- June 17, 1985 · 11:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1985-048Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 4, 1999
- End of operations
- Feb 4, 1999
Size
- Mass
- 619 kg
- Dry mass
- 522 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,223 kg
- Length
- 6.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061382 (CC0).