SBS 3 (satellite)

SBS 3 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 94°W longitude.[3]

SBS 3
SBS 3 with PAM-D stage
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorSBS
COSPAR ID1982-110B[1]
SATCAT no.13651
Mission duration12 years, 6 months and 21 days (achieved)
40 years, 11 months, 14 days (in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
BusHS-376
ManufacturerHughes Space and Communications
Launch mass1,117 kilograms (2,463 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date11 November 1982, 12:19 (1982-11-11UTC12:19Z) UTC
RocketSpace Shuttle Columbia STS-5
Launch siteKennedy LC-39A
ContractorNASA
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
DeactivatedJune 02, 1995 (1995-06-03)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude94° W[2]
Eccentricity0.73391
Perigee altitude294 kilometres (183 mi)
Apogee altitude37,127 kilometres (23,070 mi)
Inclination23.7°
Period659.1 minutes
EpochNovember 11, 1982
Transponders
Band14 Ku band
 

Satellite description

The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-376 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 1,117 kg (2,463 lb), a geostationary orbit and a 7-year design life.[4]

History

On November 11, 1982, SBS 3 was finally launched by a Space Shuttle Columbia in the mission STS-5 from Kennedy Space Center at 12:19 UTC. The satellite was launched along with the Canadian communications satellite Anik C3.

On 2 June 1995, SBS 3 was finally decommissioned and put on a graveyard orbit.[3]

See also

References
  1. "SBS 3". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. "SBS 3". n2yo.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  3. Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "SBS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / HGS 5 - Gunter's Space Page". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  4. "SBS 3". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved 2017-04-29.


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