ArianespaceAriane 40Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
SPOT 3
Launched
September 26, 1993
Image: Arianespace
Summary
SPOT 3 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 40 from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on September 26, 1993. It was Arianespace's 58th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 3,849th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Ariane 40 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SPOT 3, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 810 × 812 km orbit inclined 98.7°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 40 · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Ariane 40 flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 58th launch4th this yearhumanity's 3,849th orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SPOT 3 · NORAD 22823 · 1993-061 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SPOT 3
- Object ID
- 1993-061A
- Epoch
- 1993-09-26 03:32:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.26235777 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001386
- Inclination
- 98.6808°
- Ascending node
- 342.2355°
- Arg. of perigee
- 160.5715°
- Mean anomaly
- 199.5545°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris; 7 still in orbit
- SPOT 3 · NORAD 22823 · in orbit
- Stella · NORAD 22824 · in orbit
- AMRAD-OSCAR-27 · NORAD 22825 · in orbit
- Healthsat 2 · NORAD 22826
- ITAMSat-OSCAR-26 · NORAD 22827 · in orbit
- Kitsat-OSCAR-25 · NORAD 22828 · in orbit
- POSAT-OSCAR-28 · NORAD 22829 · in orbit
Ariane H10 V59 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The satellites SPOT 1, 2 and 3 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) were the first generation of SPOT earth observation satellites operated by Spot Image.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
34th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 4th this year · 68th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
65 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SPOT 3 launch?
SPOT 3 launched on September 26, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SPOT 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SPOT 3?
Ariane 40, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 40 spec sheet
Where did SPOT 3 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did SPOT 3 reach?
SPOT 3, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 810 × 812 km orbit inclined 98.7°.
How many satellites did SPOT 3 launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).