Payload
DIRECTV 3 (DBS 3)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
DIRECTV 3 (DBS 3) is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 10, 1995 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 10, 1995 at 12:24 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- DirecTV 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,162 km
- Periapsis
- 36,131 km
- Inclination
- 11.99°
- Orbital period
- 1454.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,691.77 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1995-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23598
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 31.8223 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational