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Intelsat 12
Intelsat 12 was launched on October 29, 2000 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (July 2005).
COSPAR 2000-068ANORAD 26590United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Europe*Star 1
- Common name
- Intelsat 12
- Payload designation
- EuropeStar FM1
- International designator
- 2000-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26590
- GCAT identifier
- S26590
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/389
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- EuropeStar
- Owner
- EuropeStar
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- FS-1300
Launch
- Date
- October 29, 2000 · 05:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-068Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,771 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2005
- Last known active
- October 2021
- End of operations
- Oct 19, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 4,167 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,717 kg
- Length
- 5.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 24.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1755613 (CC0).