Payload
BRASILSAT B3
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
BRASILSAT B3 is a Brazil payload satellite, launched on February 4, 1998 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 4, 1998 at 11:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Inmarsat-3 F5 & Brasilsat B3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,094 km
- Periapsis
- 36,076 km
- Inclination
- 10.79°
- Orbital period
- 1451.37 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Brazil
- Launch mass
- 1,042.62 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25152
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Brazil- Radar cross-section
- 6.1628 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational