Martin MariettaCommercial Titan IIISpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Intelsat 604
Launched
June 23, 1990
Image: NASA
Summary
Intelsat 604 launched on a Martin Marietta Commercial Titan III from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 23, 1990. It was Martin Marietta's 3rd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,534th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Commercial Titan III flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 604, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,708 × 38,343 km orbit inclined 3.7°. 3 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
- 3rd Commercial Titan III flightMartin Marietta's 3rd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,534th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 604 · NORAD 20667 · 1990-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 604
- Object ID
- 1990-056A
- Epoch
- 1990-06-24 11:34:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.96815802 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.6624389
- Inclination
- 3.6929°
- Ascending node
- 263.8833°
- Arg. of perigee
- 0.9073°
- Mean anomaly
- 359.9282°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component
- INTELSAT 604 · NORAD 20667
Titan CT-3 Stage 2 · re-entered June 26, 1990
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
37th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 435th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
100 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Intelsat 604 launch?
Intelsat 604 launched on June 23, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Intelsat 604?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Intelsat 604?
Commercial Titan III, flown by Martin Marietta. Commercial Titan III spec sheet
Where did Intelsat 604 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Intelsat 604 reach?
INTELSAT 604, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,708 × 38,343 km orbit inclined 3.7°.
How many satellites did Intelsat 604 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).