United States Air ForceAtlas G CentaurLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Intelsat 509
Launched
June 9, 1984
Image: NASA
Summary
Intelsat 509 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas G Centaur from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 9, 1984. It was United States Air Force's 819th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 2,832nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas G Centaur flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 509, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 183 × 1,230 km orbit inclined 29.2°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas G Centaur · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas G Centaur flightUnited States Air Force's 819th launch6th this yearhumanity's 2,832nd orbital launch attempt57th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 509 · NORAD 15034 · 1984-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 509
- Object ID
- 1984-057A
- Epoch
- 1984-06-10 01:57:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.57991539 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0739388
- Inclination
- 29.1512°
- Ascending node
- 56.826°
- Arg. of perigee
- 138.8538°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.3565°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- INTELSAT 509 · NORAD 15034 · deorbited October 24, 1984
Centaur AC-62 · re-entered June 11, 1984
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
30th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 1st this year · 398th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
619 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Intelsat 509 launch?
Intelsat 509 launched on June 9, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Intelsat 509?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Intelsat 509?
Atlas G Centaur, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas G Centaur spec sheet
Where did Intelsat 509 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Intelsat 509 reach?
INTELSAT 509, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 183 × 1,230 km orbit inclined 29.2°.
How many satellites did Intelsat 509 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).