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Columbia 515
Communications satellite. Columbia 515 was launched on January 27, 1989 aboard a Ariane 2 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 1998).
COSPAR 1989-006ANORAD 19772INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 515
- Common name
- Columbia 515
- Payload designation
- INTELSAT VA F15 (IBS)
- International designator
- 1989-006A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19772
- GCAT identifier
- S19772
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Int5
- Owner
- INTELSAT
- Country
- INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto
- Platform (bus)
- FS INTELSAT 5
Launch
- Date
- January 27, 1989 · 01:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-006Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 2
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,696 km
- Apogee
- 35,720 km
- Inclination
- 0.20°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 1998
- Last known active
- Nov 6, 2002
- End of operations
- Nov 6, 2002
Size
- Mass
- 1,054 kg
- Dry mass
- 884 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,981 kg
- Length
- 6.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 15.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14907211 (CC0).