ArianespaceAriane 44LPAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 706
Launched
May 17, 1995
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 706 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44LP from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on May 17, 1995. It was Arianespace's 72nd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,987th orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Ariane 44LP flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 706, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 180 × 35,827 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 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
- 14th Ariane 44LP flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 72nd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,987th orbital launch attempt26th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 706 · NORAD 23571 · 1995-023 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 706
- Object ID
- 1995-023A
- Epoch
- 1995-05-17 01:51:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28140628 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7312525
- Inclination
- 7.0124°
- Ascending node
- 150.595°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.9083°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.5982°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0014167
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 706 · NORAD 23571
Ariane H10-3 V73 · re-entered November 13, 1995
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
48th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 3rd this year · 82nd 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 706 launch?
INTELSAT 706 launched on May 17, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 706?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 706?
Ariane 44LP, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44LP spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 706 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 706 reach?
INTELSAT 706, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 180 × 35,827 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 706 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).