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Intelsat 603
Communications satellite. Intelsat 603 was launched on March 14, 1990 aboard a Commercial Titan 3 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: grappled by another object (May 13, 1992).
COSPAR 1990-021ANORAD 20523INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 603
- Common name
- Intelsat 603
- Payload designation
- INTELSAT VI F-3
- International designator
- 1990-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20523
- GCAT identifier
- S20523
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Int6
- Owner
- INTELSAT
- Country
- INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-389
Launch
- Date
- March 14, 1990 · 11:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-021Failure · 0.25
- Rocket
- Commercial Titan 3
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 548 km
- Apogee
- 560 km
- Inclination
- 28.34°
- Status
- Grappled by another object
- Status date
- May 13, 1992
- Last known active
- January 2015
- End of operations
- Jan 23, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 4,286 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,906 kg
- Length
- 11.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 11.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q592346 (CC0).