Martin MariettaCommercial Titan IIISpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Intelsat 603
Launched
March 14, 1990
Image: NASA
Summary
Intelsat 603 launched on a Martin Marietta Commercial Titan III from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 14, 1990. It was Martin Marietta's 2nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,498th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Commercial Titan III flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 603, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 362 km orbit inclined 28.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Commercial Titan III · Martin Marietta
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Commercial Titan III flightMartin Marietta's 2nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,498th orbital launch attempt22nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 603 · NORAD 20523 · 1990-021 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 603
- Object ID
- 1990-021A
- Epoch
- 1990-03-14 22:00:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.044169 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0139907
- Inclination
- 28.6017°
- Ascending node
- 170.2781°
- Arg. of perigee
- 81.6761°
- Mean anomaly
- 279.94°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0.00045754
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 component
- INTELSAT 603 · NORAD 20523
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
36th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 429th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
72 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Intelsat 603 launch?
Intelsat 603 launched on March 14, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Intelsat 603?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Intelsat 603?
Commercial Titan III, flown by Martin Marietta. Commercial Titan III spec sheet
Where did Intelsat 603 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Intelsat 603 reach?
INTELSAT 603, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 362 km orbit inclined 28.6°.
How many satellites did Intelsat 603 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).