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Intelsat 801
Geosynchronous communications spacecraft. Intelsat 801 was launched on March 1, 1997 aboard a Ariane 44P from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 18, 2001).
COSPAR 1997-009ANORAD 24742INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 801
- Common name
- Intelsat 801
- International designator
- 1997-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24742
- GCAT identifier
- S24742
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Int8
- Owner
- INTELSAT
- Country
- INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Telecommunications/East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS7000
Launch
- Date
- March 1, 1997 · 01:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-009Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44P
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,770 km
- Apogee
- 35,799 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 18, 2001
- Last known active
- October 2013
- End of operations
- Oct 24, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 3,420 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,601 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 10.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1665705 (CC0).