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MAQSAT 3 & ARIANE 5 R/B

NORAD 25503 · Payload · In orbit since 1998

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Launched
1998-10-21 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
FR (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
2,730 kg
Size
2.5 × 2 m
Perigee × Apogee
982 × 35,524 km
Inclination
7.0°
Period
640.9 min
Eccentricity
0.7014
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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