United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3D CentaurLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Intelsat 504
Launched
March 5, 1982
Image: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Summary
Intelsat 504 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3D Centaur from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 5, 1982. It was United States Air Force's 784th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 2,535th orbital launch attempt. It was the 30th Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of INTELSAT 504, one of 2 catalogued objects, from March 23, 1982, was 35,741 × 35,847 km inclined 0.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 30th Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 784th launch4th this yearhumanity's 2,535th orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 504 · NORAD 13083 · 1982-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 504
- Object ID
- 1982-017A
- Epoch
- 1982-03-23 09:49:25 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00269913 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012523
- Inclination
- 0.3391°
- Ascending node
- 269.2726°
- Arg. of perigee
- 92.2395°
- Mean anomaly
- 358.479°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 13
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- INTELSAT 504 · NORAD 13083
Centaur AC-58 · re-entered May 6, 1983
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 1st this year · 381st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
285 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Intelsat 504 launch?
Intelsat 504 launched on March 5, 1982. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Intelsat 504?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Intelsat 504?
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3D Centaur spec sheet
Where did Intelsat 504 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Intelsat 504 reach?
The tracked orbit of INTELSAT 504, one of 2 catalogued objects, from March 23, 1982, was 35,741 × 35,847 km inclined 0.3°.
How many satellites did Intelsat 504 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).