Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 1978-035A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 10778[2] |
Mission duration | 7 years design life |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | HS-353 |
Manufacturer | Hughes Space and Communications |
Launch mass | 1,515 kilograms (3,340 lb) |
BOL mass | 825 kilograms (1,819 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 31, 1978, 23:36:01 | UTC
Rocket | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36B |
Contractor | NASA |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Eccentricity | 0.71872 |
Perigee altitude | 549 kilometers (341 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 35,949 kilometers (22,338 mi) |
Inclination | 21.8° |
Period | 641 minutes |
Epoch | March 31, 1978 |
Transponders | |
Band | 20 IEEE C-band (NATO G/H-band) |
Intelsat IVA |
Intelsat IVA F-6 was a geostationary communication satellite built by Hughes, it was owned by Intelsat. The satellite was based on the HS-353 platform and its estimated useful life was 7 years.