ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 901
Launched
June 9, 2001
Image: ESA
Summary
INTELSAT 901 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 9, 2001. It was Arianespace's 137th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,476th orbital launch attempt. It was the 32nd Ariane 44L flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 901, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 37,490 km orbit inclined 7.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 32nd Ariane 44L flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 137th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,476th orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 901 · NORAD 26824 · 2001-024 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 901
- Object ID
- 2001-024A
- Epoch
- 2001-06-09 01:46:29 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.16618316 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7383796
- Inclination
- 7.0904°
- Ascending node
- 177.4164°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.1909°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.2442°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- -0.051061
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 901 · NORAD 26824
Ariane H10-3 V141 · re-entered October 9, 2001
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat 901 (IS-901) was the first of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 342°E, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for SNG, tailored for increased communications demands such as DTH and Internet.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
107th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 3rd this year · 150th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
121 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 901 launch?
INTELSAT 901 launched on June 9, 2001. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 901?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 901?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 901 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 901 reach?
INTELSAT 901, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 230 × 37,490 km orbit inclined 7.1°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 901 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).