Launch · COSPAR 1997-016 · 16 Apr 1997

THAICOM 3

Name: Launch 1997-016 — THAICOM 3
Start: 1997-04-16
Location: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

50% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
THAICOM 3	24768	1997-016A	Unknown	GEO	35,847 / 36,590 km	13.13°	on orbit	—
BSAT-1A	24769	1997-016B	Unknown	GEO	36,099 / 36,124 km	11.32°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE 44L R/B	24770	1997-016C	Decayed	LEO	95 / 259 km	6.50°	22 Feb 2012	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE DEB [SPELDA]	24771	1997-016D	Decayed	LEO	127 / 497 km	6.59°	19 Jun 2000	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1997-016; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.