Sunday, July 25, 1999

Intelsat 401

  1975-042A


The Intelsat 4 F-1 satellite was the first to be built but the last to be launched. It was launched in May 1975 and was first used as the Indian Ocean primary satellite. The satellite was over the Indian Ocean from 1975 to 1978, the Atlantic from 1978 to 1981, the Pacific during 1982, and back over the Atlantic from 1983 onwards.


Intelsat IV F-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 May 22  2204:00 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  
  T+4:18 Centaur D-1A-0532-06 MES-1 
 2208 T+4:30 Fairing sep 
 2214  T+10:21 Centaur MECO-1  190? x 1800? x 28 
 2229 T+25:02 Centaur MES-2 
 2230  T+26:18 Centaur MECO-2 
 2232  T+28:34 Centaur sep  591 x 36625 x 26.0 
1975 May 23  0400?  Apo 1 over 90E 
 1500? Apo 2 over 70W 
1975 May 24  0200? Apo 3 over 120E 
 1200? Apo 4 over 40W 
 2300? Apo 5 over 155E 
1975 May 24  2245  AKM 33s 1446.3 36182 x 37870 x 0.4 GEO 165E dr 
1975 Jul 13   Operational as IOR Primary GEO 63E 
1977 Feb 24    1436.11 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 62.9E 
1978 Sep 30    GEO 63E 
1978 Oct 26    1436.12 35778 x 35795 x 0.05 GEO 62.9E 
1978 Nov 19   Replaced by IVA F-6 
1978 Dec 9 Move to AOR 
1978 Dec 21    1436.09 35785 x 35788 x 0.05 GEO 17.0W 
1979 Feb 3    1436.16 35783 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 17.0W 
1979 Mar 13    1436.20 35782 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W 
1979 Apr 19    1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W 
1979 Apr   AOR Major Path 2  GEO 18.5W 
1980 Dec 10    1436.25 35786 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 18.0W 
1980 Dec   Adjust to 16.5W 
1981 Jan 2    1436.15 35778 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 16.5W 
1981 Jul 7    1436.17 35786 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 16.7W 
1981 Aug 16    1436.20 35782 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 17.4W 
1981 Oct 6    1436.22 35785 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 18.2W 
1981 Nov 15    1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 18.5W 
1981 Dec   AOR Major Path 2  GEO 18.5W 
1981 Dec 15   mv out of GEO  1440.46 35780 x 35963 x 0.2 
1982 Feb 16    1444.19 35781 x 36110 x 0.0  
1982 Mar   mv in as POR Primary  
1982 Mar 27    1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 174.0E 
1982 Jul   POR Primary 
1982 Dec 2    1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 174.1E 
1982 Dec 6   mv out of GEO  GEO 174E 
1982 Dec 13    1427.92 35514 x 35738 x 0.1 GEO 139.8W+2.0E/d 
1983 Jan 25    1429.89 35591 x 35738 x 0.2 GEO 52.7W+1.5E/d 
1983 Jan 26   on station  GEO 53W 
1983 Feb 7    1436.19 35780 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 52.9W 
1983 May   Domestic lease satellite 
1983 Sep    GEO 53W 
1984 Apr 28    1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 53.0W 
1984 Jun 2   mv out  1435.80 35780 x 35781 x 0.2 GEO 52.1W+0.07E 
1984 Aug 4   mv in  1436.10 35781 x 35792 x 0.4 GEO 50.0W 
1985 Apr    GEO 50W 
1986 Nov 24    1436.30 35779 x 35802 x 2.6 GEO 50.2W 
1987 Jul 6    1436.23 35781 x 35797 x 3.1 GEO 50.0W 
1987 Jul 14   drifting 1436.28 35781 x 35798 x 3.1 GEO 50.3W+0.05W 
1987 Aug 19   1436.48 35780 x 35808 x 3.2 GEO 52.7+0.1W 
1987 Oct 26    1436.88 35785 x 35818 x 3.4 GEO 63.1W+0.2W 
1987 Oct 27   Orbit raise 
1987 Oct 28    1443.51 35888 x 35974 x 3.4  
1987 Nov 2    1450.75 36035 x 36109 x 3.4 
1993 Jan 16    1450.70 36013 x 36130 x 8.1 
1999 Apr 19    1450.67 36026 x 36116 x 11.8 

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