Intelsat V F-1

Intelsat V F-1 → Intelsat 501
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	1981-050A
SATCAT no.	12474
Mission duration	7 years (planned)


Bus	Intelsat-V bus
Manufacturer	Ford Aerospace
Launch mass	1,928 kilograms (4,251 lb)
BOL mass	1,012 kilograms (2,231 lb)
Power	1800 W


Start of mission
Launch date	May 23, 1981, 22:42 (1981-05-23UTC22:42Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-36B


End of mission
Deactivated	February 1997 (1997-03)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric^[2]
Regime	Geostationary^[2]
Eccentricity	0.73189^[2]
Perigee	172 kilometers (107 mi)^[2]
Apogee	35,960 kilometers (22,340 mi)^[2]
Inclination	24.1°^[2]
Period	633.9 minutes^[2]
Epoch	May 23, 1981^[2]


Transponders
Band	21 IEEE C-band 4 K_u band

Intelsat V

Intelsat V F-1 (or Intelsat 501) was a geostationary communication satellite built by Ford Aerospace, it was owned by Intelsat. The satellite was based on the Intelsat-V platform and its estimated useful life was 7 years.

References

↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center. "INTELSAT 5 F-1". NSSDC Master Catalog. Retrieved April 22, 2017.

Intelsat, S.A.
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1† III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5† III F-6 III F-7 III F-8†
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6† IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5† IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14† VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708† 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27† 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6
Future launches are in italics, failed launches with † sign.

← 1980 · Orbital launches in 1981 · 1982 →

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Intelsat V F-1

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