Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 1997-031A |
SATCAT no. | 24846 |
Mission duration | 14 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | AS-7000 |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
Launch mass | 3,447 kilograms (7,599 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | June 25, 1997, 01:07:42[1] | UTC
Rocket | Ariane-44P H10-3 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | October 2010 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary Now supersynchronous |
Longitude | 174° W (original) 55.6° W (current)[2] |
Semi-major axis | 427,820 kilometres (265,840 mi)[2] |
Perigee altitude | 362,922 kilometres (225,509 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 365,299 kilometres (226,986 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 4.9 degrees[2] |
Period | 1,467.8 minutes[2] |
Epoch | May 5, 2017[2] |
Transponders | |
Band | 38 C Band, 6 Ku band |
Coverage area | Europe, Africa, Asia |
Intelsat 8 |
Intelsat 802 was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1997 it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 174 degrees west for around fourteen years.