ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 902
Launched
August 30, 2001
Image: ESA
Summary
INTELSAT 902 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on August 30, 2001. It was Arianespace's 139th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,491st orbital launch attempt. It was the 33rd Ariane 44L flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). INTELSAT 902, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 35,809 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 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 Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 33rd Ariane 44L flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 139th launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,491st orbital launch attempt39th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 902 · NORAD 26900 · 2001-039 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 902
- Object ID
- 2001-039A
- Epoch
- 2001-08-30 12:31:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28211442 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7308493
- Inclination
- 7.0441°
- Ascending node
- 257.9931°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.0677°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.7122°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- INTELSAT 902 · NORAD 26900 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V143 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
108th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 4th this year · 152nd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
82 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 902 launch?
INTELSAT 902 launched on August 30, 2001. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 902?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 902?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 902 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 902 reach?
INTELSAT 902, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 35,809 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 902 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).