Payload
SATCOM 3
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SATCOM 3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on December 7, 1979 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 7, 1979 at 01:35 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 3914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Satcom 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,492 km
- Periapsis
- 8,317 km
- Inclination
- 8.78°
- Orbital period
- 788.94 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 458.87 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1979-101A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11635
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.6233 m²
- Status
- active