Payload
THAICOM 3
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
THAICOM 3 is a Thailand payload satellite, launched on April 16, 1997 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 16, 1997 at 11:08 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Thaicom 3 & BSat 1a
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,606 km
- Periapsis
- 35,830 km
- Inclination
- 13.01°
- Orbital period
- 1458.19 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Thailand
- Launch mass
- 1,556 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24768
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Thailand- Radar cross-section
- 7.9621 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational