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Communications satellite operated by Intelsat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Intelsat 904 (or IS-904[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat[1][2] |
COSPAR ID | 2002-007A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 27380[1] |
Mission duration | 13 years[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | SSL-1300HL[1] |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral[1] |
Launch mass | 4,680.0 kg (10,317.6 lb)[1] |
Dry mass | 2,350.0 kg (5,180.9 lb)[1] |
Power | 8 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 23, 2002, 06:59 UTC[3] |
Rocket | Ariane 44L H10-3[2] |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2[2] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 60° west[1] |
Semi-major axis | 42,164.0 kilometres (26,199.5 mi)[4] |
Eccentricity | 0.0002497[5] |
Perigee altitude | 35,782.7 kilometres (22,234.3 mi)[4] |
Apogee altitude | 35,803.7 kilometres (22,247.4 mi)[4] |
Inclination | 0.0474°[5] |
Period | 1,436.1 minutes[4] |
RAAN | 105.7301°[5] |
Epoch | May 21, 2017[4] |
Revolution no. | 1853[5] |
Transponders | |
Band | 72 C band and 22 Ku band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Asia, Australia and Europe |
EIRP | 36 dBW (C Band) 54 dBW (Ku band Europe) |
Intelsat 9 |
Intelsat 904 was launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, at 06:59 UTC on February 23, 2002.[6]
The 4,680 kilograms (10,320 lb) satellite will provide television and internet services to Europe, Asia and Australia through its 76 C band and 22 Ku band transponders after parking over 60 degrees east longitude.[6]
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