Payload
ASTRA 3B
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ASTRA 3B is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on May 21, 2010 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 21, 2010 at 10:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Astra 3B & COMSATBw-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,805 km
- Periapsis
- 35,770 km
- Inclination
- 1.46°
- Orbital period
- 1436.14 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,471 kg
- Power
- 10,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36581
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 8.168 m²
- Status
- Operational
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