Satcom 3

 1979-101A

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The third RCA Satcom was launched in Dec 1979; the Delta flight was successful, but three days later contact was lost 15 seconds into the apogee motor burn. Several years later the satellite was located in an elliptical orbit.

Satcom 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Dec 7	0135	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
		T+3:45 MECO
	0138	T+3:53 Thor sep
	0139	T+3:58 SES-1 4:17
	0143	T+8:15 SECO-1	161 x 180? x 28.5?
	0155	T+20:12 SES-2 52s
	0156	T+21:04 SECO-2	161 x 2442 x 27.3
	0157	Stage 2 sep
	0157	T+22:48 TES 44s
1979 Dec 7	0158	T+23:32 Star 37E burnout
1979 Dec 7	0159	T+24:44 Star 37E sep	165 x 35991 x 23.8
		Delta depletion	118.93 585 x 2680 x 28.22
1979 Dec 10	1857	AKM burn
1979 Dec 10	1857	Contact lost after 15s
1983 Oct		Located	788.9 8233 x 35566 x 8.3