Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
ABS-7 (Koreasat 3, Mugungwha 3) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
International |
Operator/Owner |
Asia Broadcast Satellite |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
116.18 |
Perigee (km) |
35780 |
Apogee (km) |
35791 |
Eccentricity |
0.000130469333776138 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.01 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.06 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3500 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1800 |
Power (watts) |
4800 |
Date of Launch |
04-09-1999 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Lockheed Martin Astro Space |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane |
COSPAR Number |
1999-046A |
NORAD Number |
25894 |
Comments |
30 Ku-band, 6 Ka-band; Korean peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, and parts of China and Russia. |