1991-075A
The satellite was a spin stabilized 5.4 m high, 3.6m diameter cylinder with an extendable solar array skirt (deployed height was 11.8m). The 1908 kg dry mass of the satellite was increased to 4260 kg when fuelled (BOL mass was 2560 kg). The masses of the various components of the Ariane 44L launch vehicle are tabulated below:
| Ariane mass budget | |||
| Element | Dry mass | Fuel | Total |
| PAL (4) | 17991 | ||
| L220 | 18254 | 387244 | 405498 |
| St 2 | 3696 | 35479 | 39175 |
| H10 | 1279 | 10586 | 11865 |
| Case a equipement | 723 | 723 | |
| Adapteur | 70 | 70 | |
| Intelsat 601 | 1908 | 2352 | 4260 |
| Coiffe | 815 | 815 | |
| Ariane total | 480397 | ||
| Intelsat VI~F-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Oct 29 | 2308:08 | Launch by Ariane 44L (V47) | CSG ELA2 |
| 2309 | PAL1 and 2 sep (T+2:29) | ||
| 2309 | PAL3 and 4 sep (T+2:30) | ||
| 2310 | Stage 1 sep (T+3:33) | ||
| 2310 | Stage 2 MES (T+3:36) | ||
| 2311 | Fairing sep (T+4:19) | ||
| 2312 | Stage 2 sep (T+5:45) | ||
| 2312 | Stage 3 MES (T+5:50) | ||
| 2326:00 | Stage 3 MECO (T+17:52) | ||
| 2330:45 | Stage 3 sep (T+22:37) | ||
| 2331:39 | Stage 3 sep burn (T+23:31) | ||
| 1991 Oct 30 | 0430? | R4D test burn | 634.83 280 x 35899 x 7.1 |
| 1991 Oct 31 | 0137s | LAM-1 R4D main burn 1 | |
| 1991 Oct 31 | 1200 | 715.97 4532 x 35733 x 4.44 | |
| 1991 Nov 1 | 0200? | LAM-2 | 1087.51 21572 x 35732 x 0.89 |
| 1991 Nov 2 | 1400? | LAM-3 | |
| 1991 Nov 3 | 1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 38.0W | ||
| 1991 Oct | Tests | GEO 38W | |
| 1991 Nov 14 | 1436.12 35673x35900x0.05 GEO 37.00W-0.01/d | ||
| 1991 Nov | Spot beam malfunction discovered | ||
| 1992 Jan 27 | 1436.15 35682 x 35892 x 0.1 GEO 37.2W+0.02W | ||
| 1992 Feb 16 | drifting | ||
| 1992 Mar | Spot beam repaired | ||
| 1992 Mar 27 | In service | ||
| 1992 Apr 4 | mv in | 1436.05 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 27.6W | |
| 1994 Feb 26 | 1436.12 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W | ||
| 1996 Dec 27 | 1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W | ||
| 1997 Oct 8 | mv out | GEO 28W | |
| 1997 Oct 20 | mv in | GEO 34W | |
| 1997 Oct 25 | 1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 34.5W | ||
| 1999 Jun 15 | 1436.10 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 34.5W | ||
| 2002 Jun 28 | Move to 32E and then 64E | ||
| 2002 Jul 11 | mv in | 1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 32.9E | |
| 2002 Sep 29 | mv out | 1436.06 35781 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 33.0E | |
| 2002 Nov 1 | mv in | 1435.80 35754 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 64.3E | |
| 2003 Sep 2 | 1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 64.3E | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.01 35780 x 35793 x 1.8 GEO 64.3E | ||
| 2007 Oct 2 | mv out from 63E | ||
| 2007 Nov 4 | Move in 47E | ||
| 2011 Oct 14 | 1436.06 35784 x 35787 x 6.5 GEO 47.4E | ||
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