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OPTUS B1 (AUSSAT B1)

NORAD 22087 · Payload · In orbit since 1992

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Launched
1992-08-13 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
AUS (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
2,900 kg
Size
2.3 × 2.3 m · 20.6 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,047 × 36,129 km
Inclination
13.0°
Period
1451.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.