Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Intelsat 603 (Intelsat 6 F-3, IS-603) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Intelsat, Ltd./New Skies Satellites N.V. [SES] (shared capacity) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
19.84 |
Perigee (km) |
35778 |
Apogee (km) |
35795 |
Eccentricity |
0.000201629641929477 |
Inclination (degrees) |
5.99 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.12 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4200 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2546 |
Power (watts) |
2500 |
Date of Launch |
14-03-1990 |
Expected Lifetime |
13 yrs. |
Contractor |
Hughes Space and Communications Group |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 44L |
COSPAR Number |
1990-021A |
NORAD Number |
20523 |
Comments |
Inclined orbit; 64 C-band, 24 Ku-band; Broadcasting, business services, direct-to-home TV broadcasting, telecommunications, VSAT networks; Pacific Ocean region. |