Intelsat V-D (F-4)[3] was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1982, it was the fourth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat V satellite bus. Intelsat V F-4 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.
Satellite
The Intelsat V F-4 satellite was box-shaped, measuring 1.66 by 2.1 by 1.77 metres; solar arrays spanned 15.9 metres tip to tip. The arrays, supplemented by nickel-hydrogen batteries during eclipse, provided 1800 watts of power. The payload housed 21 C-band and 4 Ku-band transponders. It could accommodate 15,000 two-way voice circuits and two TV channels simultaneously. It had a launch mass of 1928 kg.[4] The satellite was deactivated in November 1995.
Launch
The satellite was successfully launched into space on 5 March 1982 at 00:23:00 UTC, by means of an Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States.
See also
- 1982 in spaceflight
References
- Display: Intelsat 5 F-4 1982-017A NASA, 14 May 2020, retrieved 30 June 2020^
- Jonathan McDowell. Launch Log Jonathan's Space Page, retrieved April 22, 2017^
- Stanley I. Weiss. Mission Operation Report NASA, February 25, 1982, retrieved 16 August 2023^
- Display: Intelsat 5A F-15 1989-086A NASA, 14 May 2020, retrieved 30 June 2020^