Communications
ARABSAT-1DR (TELSTAR 3A)
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ARABSAT-1DR (TELSTAR 3A) is a Arabsat communications satellite, launched on July 28, 1983 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 1983 at 10:49 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 3920/PAM →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Telstar 301
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,101 km
- Periapsis
- 35,891 km
- Inclination
- 13.79°
- Orbital period
- 1446.82 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Arabsat
- Launch mass
- 648.17 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1983-077A
- NORAD catalog №
- 14234
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Arabsat- Radar cross-section
- 2.5165 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational