United States Air ForceAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT 704
Launched
January 10, 1995
Summary
INTELSAT 704 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 10, 1995. It was United States Air Force's 949th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,962nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Atlas IIAS flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 704, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 314 × 41,007 km orbit inclined 26.4°. 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
- 3rd Atlas IIAS flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 949th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,962nd orbital launch attempt1st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 704 · NORAD 23461 · 1995-001 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 704
- Object ID
- 1995-001A
- Epoch
- 1995-01-10 21:42:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95346527 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7527001
- Inclination
- 26.3881°
- Ascending node
- 27.0447°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.6121°
- Mean anomaly
- 79.4888°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.0000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- INTELSAT 704 · NORAD 23461
Centaur AC-113 · re-entered June 27, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
49th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 1st this year · 491st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
95 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT 704 launch?
INTELSAT 704 launched on January 10, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 704?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 704?
Atlas IIAS, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 704 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT 704 reach?
INTELSAT 704, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 314 × 41,007 km orbit inclined 26.4°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 704 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).