Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2001-039A |
SATCAT no. | 26900 |
Mission duration | 13 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | SSL 1300HL |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 4,725.0 kilograms (10,416.8 lb) |
Dry mass | 1,972.0 kilograms (4,347.5 lb) |
Power | 8,6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 August 2001, 06:46 (2001-08-30UTC06:46Z) UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 44L H10-3 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 62° E |
Intelsat 9← Intelsat 901Intelsat 903 → |
Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.
Specifications
- Propulsion: R-4D-15 HiPAT
- Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
- Perigee: 35,781.2 kilometers (22,233.4 mi)
- Apogee: 35,805.7 kilometers (22,248.6 mi)
- Semimajor axis: 42,164 kilometers (26,199 mi)
- Orbital period: 0.02393 hours
- Orbital inclination: 0.0 degrees
- Transponders: 44 C band and 12 Ku band
- Beacons: 3947.5RHCP, 3948.0RHCP, 3950.0V, 3952.0RHCP, 3952.5RHCP, 11198RHCP, 11452RHCP
References
- Real Time Satellite Tracking. INTELSAT 902. N2yo.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- Intelsat 902 (IS-902). SatBeams - Satellite Details. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- Dirk Krebs, Gunter. Intelsat-9 (901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907). Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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