Intelsat 515

 1989-006A

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The final Intelsat V satellite was launched in Jan 1989.  In Jan 1998 Intelsat 515 was leased to Columbia Comms. Corp., which referred to it as Columbia 515. It was moved to 37.7W in Mar 1998, close to Orion 1. In 2000 Columbia Comms was acquired by GE Americom (soon to be SES Americom) which sometimes referred to it simply as C-515, although the official name appears to have remained Columbia 515. The satellite was retired in 2002.

Intelsat VA (IBS)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Jan 27	0121:00	Launch by Ariane 2	CSG ELA1
		T+2:23 St 1 sep
		T+2:25 St 2 MES
		T+3:31 Fairing
		T+4:33 St 2 sep
		T+4:38 St 3 MES
	0137:28	T+16:28 St 3 MECO	638.63 508 x 35865 x 8.40
	0139:29	T+18:29 St 3 sep
	0700?	Apo 1
	1200?	Peri 1
	1800?	Apo 2 at 81W
	2300?	Peri 2
1989 Jan 28	0400?	Apo 3 at 122E
	0930?	Peri 3
	1500?	Apo 4 at 38W
	2000?	Peri 4
1989 Jan 29	0200?	Apo 5 at 158E
	0700?	Peri 5
	1200?	Apo 6 at 3E
1989 Jan 29	1010?	Star 37XF burn
	1730?	Peri 6
	2300?	Apo 7 at 160W
1989 Jan 30			1423.03 35358 x 35702 x 0.3 GEO 19.5E+3.3E
1989 Feb 3		mv in for tests	1436.10 35758 x 35814 x 0.3 GEO 30.4E
1989 Feb 18		mv out
1989 Mar 22			1432.01 35704 x 35709 x 0.1 GEO 62.3E+1.0E
1989 Apr 22		mv in	1436.10 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 60.0E
1989 Apr		Replaced 512	GEO 60E
1990 Jan			GEO 60.0E
1990 Dec 15			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1992 Jan 16			1436.04 35781 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 60.1E
1992 Feb 7			1436.05 35746 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 60.1E
1992 Feb 7		mv out?
1992 Feb 28		mv in	1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W
1993 Sep 19			1436.12 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W
1996 Jan 9			1436.11 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W
1996 Aug 22		mv out	GEO 18W
1996 Sep 12		mv in	GEO 22W
1996 Oct 8			1436.13 35768 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 21.3W
1997 May 5			1436.13 35772 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 21.3W
1997 Dec 23			1436.11 35764 x 35809 x 0.3 GEO 21.4W
1997 Dec 29		mv out
1988 Mar 11		mv in	1436.19 35775 x 35801 x 0.4 GEO 37.8W
1999 Jun 15			1436.15 35777 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 37.7W
2002 Oct 20			1436..14 35775 x 35799 x 4.22 GEO 37.6W