Names | IS 10-02 Intelsat 1002 Intelsat Alpha-2 Intelsat X-02 IS-1002 Thor 10-02 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2004-022A |
SATCAT no. | 28358 |
Mission duration | 13 years (planned) 20 years, 2 months, 22 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Eurostar (satellite bus) |
Bus | Eurostar-3000 |
Manufacturer | EADS Astrium |
Launch mass | 5,576 kg (12,293 lb) [1] |
Dimensions | 7.5 × 2.9 × 2.4 m (24.6 × 9.5 × 7.9 ft) |
Power | 15.7 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 June 2004, 22:27:00 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | August 2004 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 1° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 106 transponders: 70 C-band 36 Ku-band |
Coverage area | South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East |
Docking with MEV-2 | |
Docking date | 12 April 2021, 17:34 UTC |
Undocking date | 2026 (planned) |
Time docked | 1243 days (in progress) ~5 years(planned) |
Intelsat 10-02 (or IS 10-02, Intelsat 1002, IS-1002, Intelsat Alpha-2, Intelsat X-02 and Thor 10-02[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.[4] Intelsat 10-02 is the first operational communications satellite to have its service life extended by Mission Extension Vehicle-2, while still in service, in 2021.[5]
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