Intelsat 709

 1996-035A

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Intelsat 709 flew on an Ariane 44P in Jun 1996. The launch restored Arianespace's morale, coming days after the first Ariane 5 launch ended in a spectacular failure. Intelsat 709 was the last of the VII/VIIA satellites. It had a launch mass of 3420 kg (2085 BOL, 1473 dry). The satellite is 2.38 x 2.2m x 4.77m with a 21.9m span. It will provide international telephone and TV transmission links for the Americas, Europe and Africa.

Intelsat 709
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Jun 15	0655	Launch by Ariane 44P	CSG ELA2
	0658	Stage 1 sep (T+3:32)
	0658	Stage 2 burn (T+3:35)
	0659	Fairing 01 sep (T+4:45)
	0700	Stage 2 sep (T+5:44)
	0700	H10-3 burn (T+5:49)
	0713	H10-3 cutoff (T+18:51)
	0715	H10-3 sep	200 x 35955 x 7.0
1996 Jun 16			662.11 123 x 37448 x 7.1
1996 Jun 17	1020?	LAM-1
1996 Jun 17			1093.02 21751 x 35790 x 1.0
1996 Jun 18	2200?	LAM-2
1996 Jun 18			1438.76 35745 x 35932 x 0.1 GEO 53.4W+0.7W
1996 Jun 25			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 57.1W+0.0W
1996 Jul 18			1436.16 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 57.2W
1996 Jul 19		mv out	1428.61 35638 x 35641 x 0.0
1996 Jul 31		mv in	1436.13 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 50.1W
1997 Aug 23			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.15 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May 8			1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May		move to 55W
2002 May 30			1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 55.4W
2002 Feb 1			1436.11 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 55.4W
2003 May 18		mv out	GEO 55W
2003 Aug 15		mv in
2003 Sep 4			1436.12 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 85.1E
2006 Aug 3			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 15			1436.09 35771 x 35801 x 0.02 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 16		Move out
2010 Mar 18			1438.68 35815 x 35858 x 0.1 GEO 65.4E+0.6W/d
2010 Apr 14		Move in	1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.02 GEO 50.0E
2001 Apr 28		Move from 50E to 55E
2005 May 11			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 54.8E