Payload
ANIK A3 (TELESAT 3)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
ANIK A3 (TELESAT 3) is a Canada payload satellite, launched on May 7, 1975 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 7, 1975 at 11:35 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Anik A3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,850 km
- Periapsis
- 35,840 km
- Inclination
- 7.71°
- Orbital period
- 1439.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 292.37 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1975-038A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7790
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 3.6797 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational