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Optus D3 is an Australian geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Optus and provides communications services to Australasia. D3 was the third Optus-D satellite to be launched. It is a 2401-kilogram (5293 lb) satellite which was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corporation based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus with the same configuration as the earlier Optus D2 satellite.It was launched along with the Japanese JCSAT-12 satellite by Arianespace.