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: 36,158.8 km

Apogee: 36,201.4 km

Inclination: 14.6 °

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.

1 18350U 87078A   24152.38313387 -.00000288  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 18350  14.5834 356.5611 0005002  37.1780 148.4455  0.98909273 38654

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC