Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | COMSAT / INTELSAT |
COSPAR ID | 1983-047A [1] |
SATCAT no. | 14077 |
Mission duration | 7 years (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Intelsat V |
Manufacturer | Ford Aerospace |
Launch mass | 1928 kg |
Dry mass | 1012 kg [2] |
Dimensions | 1.66 x 2.1 x 1.77 metres |
Power | 1800 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 May 1983, 22:26:00 UTC [3] |
Rocket | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR (AC-61) |
Launch site | CCAFS, LC-36A |
Contractor | General Dynamics |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | July 1998 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 18,5° West (1983-1992) 50.0° West (1992-1995) 31.4° West (1995-1998) 29.5° West (1998-1998) |
Epoch | 19 May 1983 |
Transponders | |
Band | 21 C-band 4 Ku-band |
Intelsat V |
Intelsat V F-6, then named Intelsat 506, was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1983, it was the sixth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat V satellite bus. Intelsat V F-6 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for INTELSAT's global network.