Monday, November 8, 1993

Intelsat 405

  1972-041A


The Intelsat IV F-5 satellite was placed over the Indian Ocean in 1972. It was the IOR Primary until around 1976 when it moved to a backup role. In 1980 it moved to the Pacific, staying there until 1981 when it was retired.


Intelsat IV F-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Jun 13  2153:04 Launch by Atlas Centaur AC-29 CC LC36 
  T+2:32 BECO 
  T+2:35 Booster sep 
  T+3:17 Insulation panels 
  T+3:58 SECO, VECO  
 2157 T+4:01 Atlas sep 
  T+4:12 Centaur MES-1 
  T+4:24 Fairing 
 2203 T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1 
 2218 T+25:20 Centaur MES-2 
 2219 T+26:33 Centaur MECO-2 
 2221 T+28:47 Centaur sep 
  Payload orbit  639.94 538 x 35903 x 27.00 (Flash) 
  T+31:37 Blowdown 
  T+35:46 End blowdown 
  Centaur orbit  653.31 549 x 36575 x 27.00 (RAE) 
1972 Jun 14  0500? Apo 1 
 1500?  Apo 2 
1972 Jun 15  0101  AKM Apo 3  GEO 124E dr  

1972 Jul  

 IOR Primary  GEO 61.4E 
1975   IOR Primary  GEO 61E 
1975 Dec 30    GEO 60.3E (Morgan) 
1977 Feb 24    1436.15 35786 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 60.13E+0.00 
1978 Sep 30   IOR Backup  GEO 60.2E 
1978 Oct 26    1436.04 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 60.2E+0.0 
1978 Dec 21    1436.18 35780 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 57.0E+0.0 
1979 Jan 31    GEO 57E 
1980 Apr 21    1436.01 35778 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 57.8E+0.0 
1980 May   mv out  GEO 57E 
1980 May 25    1430.77 35572 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 100.5E+1.3W 
1980 Jul 19    1431.17 35576 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 171.4E+1.2W 
1980 Jul   mv in  GEO 179E 
1980 Aug 8    1435.97 35780 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 179.3E+0.0 
1980 Oct 5    1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 178.8E+0.0 
1981 Jun    GEO 179.2E+0.03 0.6 
1981 Jun 17   mv out  GEO 179E 
1981 Jun 19    1435.92 35782 x 35784 x 0.6 GEO 179.5E+0.04 
1981 Jul 24    1435.80 35779 x 35781 x 0.7 GEO 178.5W+0.07 
1981 Sep 29    1435.46 35773 x 35775 x 0.8 GEO 170.7W+0.15 
1982 Apr 19    1434.42 35745 x 35761 x 1.3 GEO 108.0W+0.42W 
1982 Jun   Drifting  GEO 87W 
1982 Oct   Slow drift   GEO 39W 
1982 Nov 4    1435.31 35757 x 35785 x 1.7 GEO 40.8W+0.19W 
1983 Jan 14    1436.33 35758 x 35823 x 1.9 GEO 39.6W+0.06E 
1983 Feb 23  mv out 1437.18 35789 x 35825 x 2.0 GEO 43.2W+0.3E  
1983 May 10    1438.65 35820 x 35852 x 2.2 GEO 88.4W+0.6E 

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