O3b · Communications
O3B FM8
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O3B FM8 is a O3b Networks Ltd. communications satellite, part of the O3b constellation, launched on July 10, 2014 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 10, 2014 at 06:55 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STB Fregat →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- O3b FM3, FM6-FM8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 8,070 km
- Periapsis
- 8,062 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 287.93 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- O3b Networks Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 700 kg
- Power
- 1,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband communications
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-038D
- NORAD catalog №
- 40082
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- O3b Networks
- Constellation
- O3b
- Radar cross-section
- 3.9905 m²
- Status
- Operational