NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Intelsat 504

Launch Time
Fri Mar 05, 1982 00:23 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

Intelsat 504

Intelsat V F-4, then named Intelsat 504, 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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,928.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1982

18th orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Centaur

59th mission
1st mission of 1982
48th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission