Intelsat 203

  1967-026A

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The Intelsat II F-3 satellite (nicknamed Lani Bird or Atlantic 2) was stationed over the Eastern Atlantic to supplement Early Bird. From 1967 to 1969 it remained over 0-20W. In late 1969 it was stationed at 13W, remaining there as a backup until May 1971 when stationkeeping was somewhat relaxed. 2F3 remained over the Atlantic until May 1974 when it began to drift. It was switched off in May 1977.

Intelsat II F-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Mar 23	0130:12	Launch by Delta E1	CK LC17B
	0132:42	T+2:30 Thor S/N 20210 MECO
	0132	Delta S/N 20211 burn 6:13
	0138	Delta SECO	93.3 246 x 633 x 28.7
	0154?	FW-4D S/N 00005 burn 30s
		FW-4D cutoff	672.9 289 x 37830 x 26.7
	0156?	FW-4D sep
1967 Mar 25	1530?	SVM-1 S/N A-24 burn
1967 Apr 7		Communications on
1967 Apr		On station	GEO 5W
1967 May 1			1436.07 35777 x 35795 x 1.3 GEO 11.3W+0.00
1967 Jul 20			1436.14 35774 x 35801 x 1.1 GEO 3.6W
1967 Oct 27			1436.14 35774 x 35801 x 1.1 GEO 17.3W
1968 Mar 17			1436.03 35774 x 35795 x 0.5 GEO 14.7W
1968 Oct 16			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 10.4W
1969 Mar 17			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.5 GEO 8.2W
1969 Dec 1			1436.17 35773 x 35802 x 1.1 GEO 12.9W+0.02E
1970 Feb 9			1436.21 35772 x 35805 x 1.4 GEO 13.9W+0.03E
1970 Feb		Retired
1970 Oct 26			1436.20 35780 x 35797 x 2.0 GEO 12.5W
1971 May 25			1436.32 35780 x 35801 x 2.6 GEO 14.4W+0.06E
1972 Apr			GEO 35W
1973 Jun			GEO 14.3W+0.01 4.4
1973 Oct			GEO 14.3W+0.00 4.6
1974 Jan			GEO 18.3W+0.05
1974 May 3			GEO 26.3W+0.1
1974 Sep 20			GEO 50W+0.2, dr
1975 Jan 10			GEO 87W+0.4, dr
1975 Jun 2			GEO 143.6W+0.3 5.9
1975 Sep 11			GEO 168.8W+0.2 6.1
1975 Dec 30			GEO 180.3E
1977 Feb 24			1434.51 35670 x 35840 x 7.2 GEO 87.0W+0.4W
1977 May		Decommissioned
1977 Aug 12			1435.37 35684 x 35860 x 7.4 GEO 36.4E+0.2W
1993 Apr 28			1434.97 35634 x 35894 x 14.0 GEO 152.5W+0.2W
1998 Apr 25			1435.22 35662 x 35876 x 14.1 GEO 18.3E+0.2W