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Intelsat V F-3
Geostationary communications satellite. Intelsat V F-3 was launched on December 15, 1981 aboard a Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 18, 2001).
COSPAR 1981-119ANORAD 12994INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 503
- Common name
- Intelsat V F-3
- Payload designation
- INTELSAT V F3
- International designator
- 1981-119A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12994
- GCAT identifier
- S12994
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
- December 15, 1981 · 23:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-119Success
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,775 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 18, 2001
- Last known active
- Jan 19, 1998
- End of operations
- Jan 19, 1998
Size
- Mass
- 1,004 kg
- Dry mass
- 775 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,928 kg
- Length
- 6.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 15.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14771211 (CC0).