Intelsat 403

  1971-116A

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F-3 joined F-2 over the Atlantic, replacing Intelsat III F-7 as the Atlantic Primary 2 satellite. It was replaced in that role in 1976 by an Intelsat IVA satellite.

Intelsat IV F-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Dec 20	0110:04	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:32 BECO
		T+2:35 Booster sep
		T+3:17 Insulation panels
		T+3:58 SECO, VECO
	0114	T+4:01 Atlas sep
		T+4:12 Centaur MES-1
		T+4:24 Fairing
	0120	T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1	190? x 1800? x 28?
	0135	T+25:20 Centaur MES-2
	0136	T+26:33 Centaur MECO-2
	0138	T+28:47 Centaur sep	640.05 550 x 35898 x 28.22
		Centaur orbit	640.66 547 x 35391 x 28.2 (RAE)
	0700?	Apo 1
	1800?	Apo 2
1971 Dec 21	0500?	Apo3
1971 Dec 21	0339	AKM
1972 Jan 23		Checkout	GEO 88W
1972 Feb 19		AOR Primary 2, replaced III F7	GEO 19.5W
1975 Dec			GEO 23W (Morgan)
1976 Feb 1		Replaced by IVA F-1	GEO 25W
1976 Feb		AOR Backup	GEO 34.5W
1977 Jan 13			1436.19 35779 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 34.1W+0.0
1977 May 13			1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 34.4W+0.01
1977 Sep 1			1435.98 35778 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 20.3W+0.0
1977 Dec 15			1436.18 35776 x 35799 x 0.4 GEO 20.0W+0.03
1978 Sep 30		AOR Contingency	GEO 19.5W
1979 Jan 31			GEO 19W
1979 Jul 27			1436.04 35782 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 18.4W+0.0W
1980 Jan			GEO 18.5W
1980 Feb			GEO 18.5W
1980 Feb			GEO 22W
1980 Sep			GEO 22W
1980 Nov 10			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.42 GEO 21.0W+0.01E
1980 Nov 14			1437.69 35777 x 35858 x 0.42 GEO 22.6W+0.41E
1980 Nov 24			1437.71 35776 x 35860 x 0.5 GEO 26.6W+0.41E
1980 Nov		mv out	GEO 22W
1980 Dec 8			1436.29 35777 x 35803 x 0.5 GEO 27.5W+0.06E
1981 Apr 13			1436.13 35784 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 27.4W+0.0E
1981 Apr		mv out
1981 Apr 22			1437.93 35785 x 35859 x 0.2 GEO 32.0W+0.4E
1981 Jun 3			1438.05 35786 x 35863 x 0.3 GEO 51.0W+0.5E
1981 Jun		Arrive 53W
1981 Jun 17			1436.03 35782 x 35788 x 0.4 GEO 52.9W+0.01W
1982 Jul 25		mv out	GEO 53W
1982 Oct			GEO 50W
1982 Jul 4			1435.95 35778 x 35788 x 1.0 GEO 49.0W+0.0
1982 Nov 5		mv out	GEO dr
1983		Retired	GEO 38-44W
1984 Jan 10			1435.74 35761 x 35798 x 2.3 GEO 41.9W+0.1
1984 Feb 22			1436.00 35773 x 35796 x 2.4 GEO 39.3W+0.1
1984 Feb 23		Orbit raise, decommissioned
1984 May 30			1445.52 35910 x 36031 x 2.7
1992 Apr 4			1445.50 35939 x 36001 x 9.8
1998 Aug 5			1445.52 35915 x 36025 x 13.4