Orion 3

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Orbit Space Launch Complex 17B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

American communications satellite. The launch on 4 May 1999 was unsuccessful due to underperformance by the rocket booster and the satellite was left in a useless orbit.

Delta III

Family:
Configuration: 8930

The Delta III rocket was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    35.0 m
  • Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    301.0 T
  • Thrust
    4889.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Delta III
  • Family
  • Variant
    8930
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta III 8930
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8290.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    3810.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Boeing

Boeing

(BA)

CEO: Kelly Ortberg Founded: 1916 Successes: 1 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the moon and beyond. Their ventures in GPS satellite systems and Tracking and Data Relay Satellites provide information about earth-orbiting craft to stations on the ground. They also enable research on the ISS and will be helping with the construction of the Lunar Gateway.

INFO WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 17B


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LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South Korea

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