Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat[1][2] |
COSPAR ID | 2003-007A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 27683[1] |
Mission duration | Planned: 13 years;[1] Achieved: 17 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | SSL 1300HL[1] |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral[1] |
Launch mass | 4,685.0 kg (10,328.7 lb)[1] |
Dry mass | 1,973.0 kg (4,349.7 lb)[1] |
Power | watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 15, 2003, 07:00[3] | UTC
Rocket | Ariane 44L H10-3[2] |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2[2] |
Contractor | Arianespace |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 2 April 2020 [4] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 27.5° west[1][5] |
Semi-major axis | 42,164.0 km (26,199.5 mi)[5] |
Perigee altitude | 35,775.1 km (22,229.6 mi)[5] |
Apogee altitude | 35,812.9 km (22,253.1 mi)[5] |
Inclination | 0.0°[5] |
Period | 1,436.1 minutes[5] |
Epoch | May 23, 2017[5] |
Transponders | |
Band | 72 C band and 23 Ku band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Africa, Australia, Europe, India, Russia |
EIRP | 36-48 dBW (C band) 53 dBW (Ku band) |
Intelsat 9 |
Intelsat 907 (or IS-907[1]) was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
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