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INTELSAT 503

NORAD 12994 · Payload · In orbit since 1981

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Launched
1981-12-15 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
ITSO (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
1,004 kg
Size
6.4 × 2 m · 15.6 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,809 × 36,220 km
Inclination
11.2°
Period
1447.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0048
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.