Intelsat 903

Intelsat 903 (or IS-903^[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.

Intelsat 903

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat[1][2]
COSPAR ID	2002-016A[1]
SATCAT no.	27403[1]
Mission duration	13 years[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	SSL-1300HL[1]
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral[1]
Launch mass	4,723.0 kg (10,412.4 lb)[1]
Dry mass	1,972.0 kg (4,347.5 lb)[1]
Power	8.6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	March 30, 2002, 17:25 (2002-03-30UTC17:25Z) UTC[3]
Rocket	Proton-K Blok-DM3[2]
Launch site	Baikonur 81/23[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	34.5° west[1]
Semi-major axis	42,164.0 kilometres (26,199.5 mi)[4]
Eccentricity	0.0003243[5]
Perigee altitude	35,780.2 kilometres (22,232.8 mi)[4]
Apogee altitude	35,807.6 kilometres (22,249.8 mi)[4]
Inclination	0.0122°[4]
Period	1,436.1 minutes[4]
RAAN	301.1223°[5]
Epoch	May 19, 2017[4]
Revolution no.	1241[5]
Transponders
Band	44 C band and 12 Ku band
Bandwidth	36 MHz and 72 MHz
Coverage area	Africa, America, Europe, Middle East
EIRP	36 dBW (C Band) 53 dBW (Ku band Europe) and 52 dBW (Ku band America)
Intelsat 9 ← Intelsat 902 Intelsat 904 →

Launch

Intelsat 903 was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 22:27 UTC on March 30, 2002.^[6]

Capacity and coverage

The 4.7 tonne (with fuel) spacecraft carries 23 C-band transponders (and several in Ku-band) to provide direct-to-home television and internet service to Europe and North America after parking over 34.5 degrees west longitude.^[6]

See also

• 2002 in spaceflight

External links

• www.intelsat.com. Intelsat