Launch · COSPAR 1987-078 · 16 Sept 1987

OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)

Name: Launch 1987-078 — OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)
Start: 1987-09-16
Location: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

57% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 7

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)	18350	1987-078A	Unknown	GEO	36,155 / 36,192 km	14.37°	on orbit	—
EUTELSAT 1-F4 (ECS 4)Eutelsat GEO fleet	18351	1987-078B	Unknown	GEO	36,201 / 36,271 km	13.77°	on orbit	Eutelsat

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE 3 R/B	18352	1987-078C	Decayed	LEO	121 / 596 km	7.14°	21 Jun 1991	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE 3 DEB [SYLDA]	18353	1987-078D	Decayed	LEO	155 / 1,802 km	7.16°	08 Oct 1988	—
ARIANE 3 DEB	18364	1987-078E	Decayed	LEO	137 / 932 km	7.15°	21 Mar 1998	—
ARIANE 3 DEB	18571	1987-078F	Inactive	OTHER	451 / 17,612 km	6.77°	on orbit	—
ARIANE 3 DEB	26466	1987-078G	Decayed	LEO	164 / 381 km	7.48°	22 Apr 2002	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1987-078; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.