Intelsat 902

Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.

Intelsat 902

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2001-039A
SATCAT no.	26900
Mission duration	13 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	SSL 1300HL
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass	4,725.0 kilograms (10,416.8 lb)
Dry mass	1,972.0 kilograms (4,347.5 lb)
Power	8,6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	30 August 2001, 06:46 (2001-08-30UTC06:46Z) UTC
Rocket	Ariane 44L H10-3
Launch site	Kourou ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	62° E
Intelsat 9 ← Intelsat 901 Intelsat 903 →

Specifications

• Propulsion: R-4D-15 HiPAT
• Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
• Perigee: 35,781.2 kilometers (22,233.4 mi)
• Apogee: 35,805.7 kilometers (22,248.6 mi)
• Semimajor axis: 42,164 kilometers (26,199 mi)
• Orbital period: 0.02393 hours
• Orbital inclination: 0.0 degrees^[1]
• Transponders: 44 C band and 12 Ku band^[2]
• Beacons: 3947.5RHCP, 3948.0RHCP, 3950.0V, 3952.0RHCP, 3952.5RHCP, 11198RHCP, 11452RHCP^[3]