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OPTUS B3
Nonoperational
Payload
GEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
August 27, 1994 at 11:10 PM UTC
Launch site
XICLF
Launched by
Long March 2E →
Operator
China Aerospace Corporation
Mission
Optus B3
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,259 km
Periapsis
36,208 km
Inclination
12.35°
Orbital period
1459 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1994-055A
NORAD catalog №
23227
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Australia
Radar cross-section
26.3778 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational