ArianespaceAriane 5 GAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INSAT-3B & AsiaStar
Launched
March 21, 2000 · 23:28 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
Summary
INSAT-3B & AsiaStar launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 G from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 21, 2000 at 23:28 UTC. It was Arianespace's 124th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,385th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Ariane 5 G flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Asiastar, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 595 × 35,694 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 G · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 5th Ariane 5 G flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 124th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,385th orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Asiastar · NORAD 26107 · 2000-016 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ASIASTAR
- Object ID
- 2000-016A
- Epoch
- 2000-03-21 18:40:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.26173411 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7158718
- Inclination
- 6.9721°
- Ascending node
- 346.9191°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.2391°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.8184°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- Asiastar · NORAD 26107
- Insat 3B · NORAD 26108 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L505 EPS · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite which was built and operated by ISRO. AsiaStar is a US communications satellite operated by 1worldspace, operating at a geostarionary orbit at 105 degrees east.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
5th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 137th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 21, 8:28 PM GMT-3, at night
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
102 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INSAT-3B & AsiaStar launch?
INSAT-3B & AsiaStar launched on March 21, 2000 at 23:28 UTC.
Where can I watch INSAT-3B & AsiaStar?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INSAT-3B & AsiaStar?
Ariane 5 G, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 G spec sheet
Where did INSAT-3B & AsiaStar launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Mar 21, 8:28 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did INSAT-3B & AsiaStar reach?
Asiastar, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 595 × 35,694 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INSAT-3B & AsiaStar launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).