ArianespaceAriane 42LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 804
Launched
December 22, 1997 · 00:16 UTC
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 804 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 22, 1997 at 00:16 UTC. It was Arianespace's 102nd launch, 11th this year and humanity's 4,204th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Ariane 42L flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 804, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 265 × 35,741 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 7th Ariane 42L flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 102nd launch11th this yearhumanity's 4,204th orbital launch attempt86th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 804 · NORAD 25110 · 1997-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 804
- Object ID
- 1997-083A
- Epoch
- 1997-12-22 06:35:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28146876 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7277608
- Inclination
- 7.0069°
- Ascending node
- 270.0481°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.3733°
- Mean anomaly
- 206.1394°
- 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 804 · NORAD 25110
Ariane H10-3 V104 · re-entered May 3, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Intelsat VIII-VIII/A series has been designed to meet the needs of Intelsat users throughout the system for improved C-band coverage and service. These spacecraft will incorporate six-fold C-band frequency reuse, two-fold frequency reuse of expanded C-band capacity, and the highest C-band power level ever for an Intelsat satellite. Consequently, Intelsat VIII will provide significantly more C-band capacity for public switched telephony and Intelsat Business Service, better quality for video services, and encourage new international VSAT applications.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
77th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 11th this year · 113th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 21, 9:16 PM GMT-3, at night
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
19 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 804 launch?
INTELSAT 804 launched on December 22, 1997 at 00:16 UTC.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 804?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 804?
Ariane 42L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 804 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Dec 21, 9:16 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did INTELSAT 804 reach?
INTELSAT 804, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 265 × 35,741 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 804 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).