ArianespaceAriane 44LPAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 707
Launched
March 14, 1996
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 707 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44LP from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 14, 1996. It was Arianespace's 83rd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,057th orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Ariane 44LP flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 707, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 211 × 35,879 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
- 15th Ariane 44LP flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 83rd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,057th orbital launch attempt16th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 707 · NORAD 23816 · 1996-015 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 707
- Object ID
- 1996-015A
- Epoch
- 1996-03-14 02:27:52 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27555906 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7304339
- Inclination
- 7.01°
- Ascending node
- 97.7956°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.8874°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.4186°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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 707 · NORAD 23816
Ariane H10-3 V84 · re-entered October 19, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
59th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 3rd this year · 93rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
37 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 707 launch?
INTELSAT 707 launched on March 14, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 707?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 707?
Ariane 44LP, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44LP spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 707 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 707 reach?
INTELSAT 707, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 211 × 35,879 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 707 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).