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NSS 703
Geostationary communication satellite. NSS 703 was launched on October 6, 1994 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Nov 30, 1998).
COSPAR 1994-064ANORAD 23305INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INTELSAT 703
- Common name
- NSS 703
- Payload designation
- INTELSAT VII F3
- International designator
- 1994-064A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23305
- GCAT identifier
- S23305
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Int7
- Owner
- INTELSAT
- Country
- INTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- FS-1300
Launch
- Date
- October 6, 1994 · 06:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-064Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,663 km
- Apogee
- 35,926 km
- Inclination
- 0.19°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 30, 1998
- Last known active
- October 2014
- End of operations
- Oct 10, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 3,695 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 21.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11788402 (CC0).