O3b FM3 - Norad ID: 40079
| Spacetrack Directory Name | O3B FM3 |
| Alternative name | O3b FM3 |
| Group | O3B |
| Follow O3B FM3 | O3B FM3 Tracker |
| Group follow O3B | Tracker O3B |
| Pass predictions O3B FM3 | Pass predictions O3B FM3 |
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| Days in orbit | 4410 |
| Country/organisation of origin | O3b Networks (O3B) |
| Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 8062 km |
| Apogee | 8069 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 0.05° |
| Laps per day | 5 |
| Orbit | MEO (Equatorial) |
| Height O3B FM3 | 8064.37 km |
O3B FM3, also known as O3b FM3, is a communication satellite manufactured by THALR and owned by O3B. It was launched on July 10, 2014, from the Guiana Space Centre using a Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle. The satellite has dimensions of 4 meters in length, 2 meters in diameter, and a span of 12 meters. Its dry mass is 500 kilograms with a launch mass of 700 kilograms. Equipped with an LS-400 AOCS motor for attitude control and two deployable solar arrays along with batteries for power supply, it carries 12 Ka-Band transponders as its payload. O3B FM3 has a designed lifetime of 10 years and is part of the Prisma series using ELiTeBus-1000 configuration. Its shape is described as a box trap with two pans, and it serves communication purposes in orbit.
satellite O3B FM3 Date of exalting 10.07.2014y. Average height of ISS O3B FM3 hundred 8064.37 km. Average velocity O3B FM3 is 18915.55 km/h. Inclination O3B FM3 satellite 0.05°.