Intelsat 408

  1974-093A

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The F-8 satellite was used as Pacific Primary from 1974 to 1982. In 1975 F-8 had a problem with moonlight interference in a sun sensor causing the spacecraft to spin up the despin section but control was recovered by the ground.

Intelsat IV F-8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Nov 21	2343:59	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:18 BECO
		T+2:22 Booster sep
		T+3:04 Insulation panel sep
		T+4:07 SECO
		T+4:09 Atlas sep
	2348:17	T+4:18 Centaur D-1A-0533-03 MES-1
		T+4:30 Fairing sep
	2354:20	T+10:21 Centaur MECO-1	190? x 1800? x 28
1974 Nov 22	0009:01	T+25:02 Centaur MES-2
	0010:17	T+26:18 Centaur MECO-2
	0012:33	T+28:34 Centaur sep	536 x 35899 x 26.0
		Control to Comsat Corp
	0600?	Apo 1
	1600?	Apo 2
1974 Nov 23	0300?	Apo 3
	1400?	Apo 4
	2330?	Apo 5
1974 Nov 23	2348	AKM
1974 Dec 12		On station
1974 Dec 14		POR Primary	GEO 174E
1975 Dec 30			GEO 173.6E (Morgan)
1977 Jan 25			1436.01 35717 x 35851 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E
1978 Sep 30			GEO 174E
1980		POR Primary	GEO 174E
1981 Jun 11			GEO 174.0E+0.00
1980 Oct 21			1436.03 35773 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 173.9E
1982 Feb 21			1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 173.9E
1982 Mar 21		mv in	GEO 179E
1982 Apr 27			1436.05 35784 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 178.9E
1982 Nov 23			1436.06 35781 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 179.1E
1982 Dec 14		mv out	1444.20 35824 x 36065 x 0.1 GEO 128.0+2.0W
1983 Jan 25			1444.73 35840 x 36070 x 0.2 GEO 37.6E+2.1W
1983 Mar 1			1436.14 35777 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 1.0W
1983 Mar		International and domestic lease	GEO 1W
1984 May 15			1436.08 35768 x 35804 x 0.2 GEO 1.0W
1985 Mar 15			1436.04 35772 x 35798 x 1.0 GEO 0.9W
1985 Apr		Drifting
1985 Apr 26			1435.94 35771 x 35795 x 1.1 GEO 0.3E
1985 Jul 8			1435.78 35772 x 35788 x 1.3 GEO 5.0E
1985 Aug 14			1436.32 35782 x 35799 x 1.4 GEO 1.6E
1985 Aug 20?		mv out
1985 Sep 1	0832		1442.76 35894 x 35939 x 1.4 GEO 16.1W+1.6W
1986 Apr 23			1443.11 35916 x 35930 x 2.0
1990 Nov 18			1443.16 35884 x 35965 x 6.3
1998 Sep 13			1443.03 35895 x 35949 x 11.5