ArianespaceAriane 44LPAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 701
Launched
October 22, 1993
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 701 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44LP from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on October 22, 1993. It was Arianespace's 59th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 3,855th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Ariane 44LP flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 701, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 386 × 35,803 km orbit inclined 7.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44LP · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 8th Ariane 44LP flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 59th launch5th this yearhumanity's 3,855th orbital launch attempt70th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 701 · NORAD 22871 · 1993-066 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 701
- Object ID
- 1993-066A
- Epoch
- 1993-10-22 01:56:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.26869997 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7238285
- Inclination
- 7.3521°
- Ascending node
- 306.2471°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.1088°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.6984°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1810
- 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
- INTELSAT 701 · NORAD 22871
Ariane H10 V60 · re-entered April 17, 1994
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The nine high-powered Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) spacecraft of the Intelsat 7/7A program, which provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services, have been launched and are in orbit.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
35th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 5th this year · 69th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 701 launch?
INTELSAT 701 launched on October 22, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 701?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 701?
Ariane 44LP, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44LP spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 701 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 701 reach?
INTELSAT 701, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 386 × 35,803 km orbit inclined 7.4°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 701 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).