United States Air ForceAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT 703
Launched
October 6, 1994
Image: U.S. DoD
Summary
INTELSAT 703 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 6, 1994. It was United States Air Force's 944th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 3,935th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Atlas IIAS flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 703, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 38,601 km orbit inclined 25.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIAS · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Atlas IIAS flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 944th launch10th this yearhumanity's 3,935th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 703 · NORAD 23305 · 1994-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NSS 703 (INTELSAT 703)
- Object ID
- 1994-064A
- Epoch
- 1994-10-06 12:56:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.09284314 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7419253
- Inclination
- 25.8956°
- Ascending node
- 297.4692°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.3877°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.3643°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0000099999
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 703 · NORAD 23305
Centaur AC-111 · re-entered May 11, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Communications satellite operating from geostationary orbit.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
48th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 3rd this year · 487th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
103 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT 703 launch?
INTELSAT 703 launched on October 6, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 703?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 703?
Atlas IIAS, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 703 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT 703 reach?
INTELSAT 703, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 38,601 km orbit inclined 25.9°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 703 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).