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Intelsat V F-5

Intelsat V F-5 was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1982, it was the fifth 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-5 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

Satellite

The Intelsat V F-5 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. It also carried a Maritime Communications Services (MCS) package for INMARSAT.[3] It cost $87 million and was the 32nd satellite launched by Intelsat.[4] The satellite was deactivated in August 1999.

Launch

The Intelsat V F-5 satellite was successfully launched into space on 28 September 1982 at 23:17:00 UTC, by means of an Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States.[5] The launch was originally scheduled for the night of 23 September 1982 but was postponed to 28 October due to a power supply failure in another, identical, satellite.[6][7] It was launched on 28 September after engineers found the issue was not caused by a design flaw in the satellite.[7] The launch window was from 19:08–21:03 EST.[8]

See also

  • 1982 in spaceflight

References

  1. Display: Intelsat 5 F-5 1982-097A NASA, 14 May 2020, retrieved 30 June 2020^
  2. Jonathan McDowell. Launch Log Jonathan's Space Page, retrieved April 22, 2017^
  3. Display: Intelsat 5A F-15 1989-086A NASA, 14 May 2020, retrieved 30 June 2020^
  4. Intelsat V satellite launched The Times, 29 September 1982, retrieved 16 August 2023^
  5. INTELSAT 505 TSE, retrieved April 23, 2017^
  6. Satellite Launch Rescheduled Naples Daily News, September 24, 1982, retrieved August 16, 2023^
  7. Peter Adams. Intelsat 5 hurtles to space Florida Today, September 29, 1982, retrieved August 16, 2023^
  8. Next Space Shot Florida Today, September 27, 1982, retrieved August 16, 2023^