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OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)

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OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3) is classified as:


NORAD ID: 18350
Int'l Code: 1987-078A
Perigee: 36,164.9 km
Apogee: 36,196.9 km
Inclination: 14.5 °
Period: 1,455.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 42551 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.
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Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 18350U 87078A   25195.83305806 -.00000176  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 18350  14.4751 353.6390 0003765  24.9380 155.1582  0.98906433137186
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC