Payload
ASTRA 3A
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
ASTRA 3A is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on March 29, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 29, 2002 at 01:29 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- JCSAT 2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,129 km
- Periapsis
- 36,116 km
- Inclination
- 10.53°
- Orbital period
- 1453.29 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,495 kg
- Dry mass
- 750 kg
- Power
- 1,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-015B
- NORAD catalog №
- 27400
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 15.8865 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational