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Viasat-3 Americas
Geostationary communications satellite. Viasat-3 Americas was launched on May 1, 2023 aboard a Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-060ANORAD 56370United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Viasat-3 Americas
- Payload designation
- Viasat-3.1
- International designator
- 2023-060A
- NORAD catalog number
- 56370
- GCAT identifier
- S56370
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1131
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Viasat
- Owner
- ViaSat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702MP+
Launch
- Date
- May 1, 2023 · 00:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-060Success
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 1, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,418 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 44.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q118125207 (CC0).