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HGS 1 (ASIASAT 3)

NORAD 25126 · Payload · In orbit since 1997

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Launched
1997-12-24 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
3,480 kg
Size
4 × 3.1 m · 26.2 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,575 × 36,000 km
Inclination
13.2°
Period
1435.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0050
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.