ArianespaceAriane 44PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 709
Launched
June 15, 1996
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 709 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 15, 1996. It was Arianespace's 87th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 4,079th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Ariane 44P flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 709, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 123 × 37,511 km orbit inclined 7.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 6th Ariane 44P flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 87th launch7th this yearhumanity's 4,079th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 709 · NORAD 23915 · 1996-035 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 709
- Object ID
- 1996-035A
- Epoch
- 1996-06-15 12:54:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.17177776 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7421698
- Inclination
- 7.1031°
- Ascending node
- 184.229°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.7004°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.6084°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.0001
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 709 · NORAD 23915
Ariane H10-3 V87 · re-entered September 30, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
62nd launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 6th this year · 97th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
30 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 709 launch?
INTELSAT 709 launched on June 15, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 709?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 709?
Ariane 44P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44P spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 709 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 709 reach?
INTELSAT 709, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 123 × 37,511 km orbit inclined 7.1°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 709 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).