Intelsat 404

  1972-003A

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The Intelsat IV F-4 satellite was the Pacific Primary satellite from 1972 to 1974.

Intelsat IV F-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Jan 23	0012	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
	0016	T+4:01 Atlas sep
		T+4:12 Centaur MES-1
		T+4:24 Fairing
	0022	T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1	190? x 1800? x 28?
	0037	T+25:20 Centaur MES-2
	0038	T+26:33 Centaur MECO-2
	0040	T+28:47 Centaur sep
1972 Jan 23		Centaur orbit	654.4 569 x 36610 x 28.4
	0800?	Apo 1 over 70E
	1900?	Apo 2 over 95W
1972 Jan 24	0500?	Apo 3 over 103E
	1600?	Apo 4 over 60W
1972 Jan 25	0300?	Apo 5 over 140E
	1400?	Apo 6 over 25W
1972 Jan 26	0030	Apo 7 over 170E
1972 Jan 26	0032	AKM	GEO 165E dr
1972 Feb 14		POR Primary, replaced III F4	GEO 174E
1974 Dec		mv out	GEO 174E
1975 Jan		POR Spare	GEO 179E
1975 Dec 30			GEO 177.2E (Morgan)
1977 Jan 2			1436.18 35671 x 35905 x 0.3 GEO 178.6E
1978 Sep		POR Contingency	GEO 179E
1980 Apr 9			1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 178.8E
1981 Jun			GEO 179.0E+0.02, 0.0
1982 Feb 23			1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 179.1E+0.0W
1982 Feb 25		mv out	GEO 179E
1982 Feb 27			1435.99 35742 x 35826 x 0.1 GEO 179.6E+0.0W
1982 Mar 7			1435.95 35761 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 179.7E+0.0W
1982 Mar		mv out, AOR Spare	GEO 1W
1982 Oct 7			1436.16 35778 x 35797 x 0.6 GEO 0.7W+0.0E
1982 Oct		AOR spare	GEO 0W
1983 Feb			GEO 0W
1983 Feb 13			1436.18 35783 x 35793 x 0.9 GEO 1.2W+0.0E
1983 Mar 14			1435.53 35772 x 35778 x 0.9 GEO 2.1E+0.1W
1983 Mar		Decommissioned	1435.56 35774 x 35778 x 1.0 GEO 2.8E+0.1W
1983 Mar 30			1435.61 35774 x 35779 x 1.0 GEO 4.5E+0.1W
1983 Apr 13			1436.62 35776 x 35817 x 1.0 GEO 6.7E+0.1E
1983 May 4			1436.49 35765 x 35823 x 1.0 GEO 4.6E+0.1E
1983 May 10		Orbit raise
1983 May 16			1442.31 35900 x 35915 x 1.1 GEO 9.9W+1.6E
1991 Apr 8			1442.52 35901 x 35922 x 8.3
1993 Aug 15			1442.29 35903 x 35912 x 10.2
1998 Jul 29			1442.32 35869 x 35946 x 12.9