Optus D3
Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | Optus |
COSPAR ID | 2009-044B |
SATCAT no. | 35756 |
Website | http://www.optus.com.au/about/network/satellite/fleet/b3 |
Mission duration | 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Star-2.4 |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences |
Launch mass | 2,401 kilograms (5,293 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 August 2009, 22:09 (2009-08-21UTC22:09Z) UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5ECA |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 156° east |
Perigee altitude | 35,778 kilometres (22,231 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 35,808 kilometres (22,250 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 0.05 degrees[1] |
Period | 1436.12 minutes[1] |
Epoch | 23 January 2015, 19:12:10 UTC[1] |
Optus D3 is an Australian geostationary communications satellite, which is operated by Optus and provides communications services to Australasia. D3 was the third Optus-D satellite to be launched. It is a 2,401-kilogram (5,293 lb) satellite, which was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corporation based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus, with the same configuration as the earlier Optus D2 satellite.[2]
It was launched, along with the Japanese JCSAT-12 satellite, by Arianespace. An Ariane 5ECA rocket was used for the launch, which occurred from ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch took place at 22:09 GMT on 21 August 2009, at the start of a 60-minute launch window.[3]
Optus D3 separated from its carrier rocket into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, from which it raised itself to geostationary orbit using an IHI -500-N apogee motor. It has a design life of fifteen years, and carries thirty two J band transponders (US IEEE Ku band).[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "OPTUS D3 Satellite details 2009-044B NORAD 35756". N2YO. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b Krebs, Gunter. "Optus D2, D3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Preparations continue with the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 payloads for Ariane 5's next launch". Mission Update. Arianespace. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
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