Payload
WESTAR 3
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WESTAR 3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on August 10, 1979 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 10, 1979 at 12:20 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Westar 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,885 km
- Periapsis
- 35,869 km
- Inclination
- 10.27°
- Orbital period
- 1440.72 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 303.27 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1979-072A
- NORAD catalog №
- 11484
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.6474 m²
- Status
- active