Payload
BSAT-3B
OperationalPayloadGEO
BSAT-3B is a Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. payload satellite, launched on October 28, 2010 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 28, 2010 at 09:51 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,781 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Orbital period
- 1436.22 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Broadcasting Satellite System Corp.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,060 kg
- Dry mass
- 975 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-056B
- NORAD catalog №
- 37207
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Operational
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