Intelsat IV F-3
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Intelsat IV F-3 was a geostationary communication satellite built by Hughes and owned by Intelsat. The satellite was based on the HS-353 platform and its estimated useful life was 7 years.
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Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 1971-116A |
SATCAT no. | 05709 |
Mission duration | 7 years (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | HS-353 |
Manufacturer | Hughes Communications |
Launch mass | 1,515 kilograms (3,340 lb) |
BOL mass | 825 kilograms (1,819 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 20, 1971, 01:10:04 (1971-12-20UTC01:10:04Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36A |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Geostationary[2] |
Eccentricity | 0.01171[2] |
Perigee altitude | 35,649 kilometers (22,151 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 36,645 kilometers (22,770 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 3.9°[2] |
Period | 1,454.6 minutes[2] |
Epoch | December 20, 1971[2] |
Transponders | |
Band | 12 IEEE C-band |
Bandwidth | 40 MHz |
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