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: 36,165.8 km

Apogee: 36,197.2 km

Inclination: 14.5 °

Period: 1,456.0 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   24348.59753132 -.00000042  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 18350  14.5319 355.1548 0003694 349.0901 223.3812  0.98904400135072

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC