Payload
NTS-3
OperationalPayloadGEO
NTS-3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on August 13, 2025 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 13, 2025 at 06:43 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Long March 5B/YZ-2 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- SatNet LEO Group 08
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,694 km
- Periapsis
- 35,685 km
- Inclination
- 3.08°
- Orbital period
- 1431.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,250 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-173A
- NORAD catalog №
- 65160
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational