NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

DFS Kopernikus 3

Launch Time
Mon Oct 12, 1992 09:47 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7925
Image Credit: ULA
Boeing
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,819 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 38.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.9 m
Fairing Height: 8.49 m

Mission Details

DFS Kopernikus 3

DFS Kopernikus-3 (or Deutscher Fernmelde Satellit-3 and Hellas Sat 1) was a communications satellite operated by Deutsche Telekom.

The communications payload includes ten 14/11-12 GHz transponders with five spares and one experimental 30/20 GHz transponder with one spare. At the end of 1994, DFS 1-3 were stationed at 33.5° East, 28.5° East, and 23.5° East, respectively. Like TV-Sat, the DFS Kopernikus series has been concluded.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,415.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1992

68th orbital launch attempt

Delta II

29th mission
9th mission of 1992
29th successful mission