Intelsat 202

  1967-001A

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The second Intelsat II was launched in Jan 1967 and successfully reached its station over the Pacific Ocean, earning the names Pacific 1 and Canary Bird. In 1969-1970 it stayed in the region 162E-162W. In late 1970 it became a backup satellite and drifted east. In early 1973 it drifted into a stable Pacific station at 160E, staying there till 1975.

Intelsat II F-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jan 11	1055:00	Launch by Delta E1	CK LC17B
	1057:31	T+2:31 Thor S/N 20209 MECO
	1057	Delta S/N 20208 SES 6:18
	1104	Delta SECO	92.70 246 x 576 x 28.7
	1118?	FW-4D S/N 00004 burn 30.4s
	1118	Perigee (TLE)
	1120?	FW-4D sep
	0538		653.12 296 x 36818 x 26.2
1967 Jan 12	0353		652.97 297 x 36809 x 26.2
1967 Jan 14	1011:33	AKM 16s burn
1967 Jan 22	2230		1448.54 35567 x 36492 x 2.1 GEO 156.5W+3.1E
1967 Jan 27		Operational
1967 Feb 4		On station	GEO 178W
1967 Jul 18	2259		1436.22 35783 x 35794 x 1.7 GEO 156.6E
1967 Aug 3			GEO 174.4E
1967 Sep			GEO 174E
1968 Jan 29			GEO 11.5W?
1968 May		Intelsat POR satellite
1968 Jul 24			GEO 53.7W?
1969 Jan 13			GEO 163.0E
1969 Mar 17			GEO 162.2E
1970 Jan 5			GEO 170.0E
1970 Jul		Intelsat POR backup
1970 Aug 31			GEO 144.8W+0.3W/d
1971 Apr 19			GEO 54.8W+0.2W/d
1972 Apr			GEO 16E
1972 Dec 22			1434.73 35735 x 35783 x 3.16 GEO 117.7E+0.34W
1973 Jun			GEO 151.1E+0.08 i=3.6
1973 Oct			GEO 156.7E+0.03 i=3.8
1974 Jan			GEO 159.4E+0.01 i=4.1
1974 May			GEO 160E
1974 Jun 28			GEO 160.1E+0.0E
1974 Sep 20			GEO 159.0E+0.01
1975 Jan 10			GEO 155.4E+0.05
1975 Mar 14			GEO 151.1E+0.1E
1975 Jun 2			GEO 141.4E+0.1
1975 Sep 11			GEO 116.9E+0.33 i=5.4
1975 Dec 30			GEO 70E (Morgan)
1977 May		End of transmissions
1977 Dec 31			1437.55 35771 x 35859 x 7.0 GEO 142.7W+0.3E/d
1991 May 10			1437.28 35744 x 35875 x 13.5 GEO 155.9W+0.3E/d
1998 Jan 27			1436.81 35723 x 35877 x 14.8 GEO 3.6E+0.18E/d