LEASAT 3

USA

LEAsed SATellite - Also called Syncom-4 3

Launch data:

Designation: 15643 / 85028C
Launch date 12 Apr 1985
Launch siteKSC, LC-39A
Launch vehicle: Shuttle STS-51D
Mission: Military:telecommunications
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee  km
Eccentricity 
Inclination  deg
Period  min

When released from STS 16, it failed to reach GEO and was repaired by STS 27

Location

Begin End Position
L: 12 Apr 1985    
early 1994 Sep 1996 105°W, inclined

End of life

Out of service Sep 1996
Cause Deorbited

Ref: #15 - update: 11.08.08