OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)

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OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3) is classified as:

Geostationary
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NORAD ID: 18350

Int'l Code: 1987-078A

Perigee: 36,166.8 km

Apogee: 36,195.5 km

Inclination: 14.6 °

Period: 1,455.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 42552 km

RCS: 17.7827 m² (large)

Launch date: September 16, 1987
Source: Australia (AUS)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Aussat A3 was an Australian communications satellite launched from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana. It was placed in a geosynchronous orbit 164 degrees E.

1 18350U 87078A   23270.24963590 -.00000143  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 18350  14.6480 358.3420 0003366  44.7759 343.1095  0.98905635 36213

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC