ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 904
Launched
February 23, 2002
Image: ESA
Summary
INTELSAT 904 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on February 23, 2002. It was Arianespace's 143rd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,518th orbital launch attempt. It was the 34th Ariane 44L flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 904, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 190 × 35,830 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 Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 34th Ariane 44L flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 143rd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,518th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 904 · NORAD 27380 · 2002-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 904
- Object ID
- 2002-007A
- Epoch
- 2002-02-23 02:17:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2804804 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7308998
- Inclination
- 6.9613°
- Ascending node
- 76.6284°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.751°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.9132°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- -0.0072909
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; 1 still in orbit
- INTELSAT 904 · NORAD 27380 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V148 · re-entered July 1, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat 904 (or IS-904[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
112th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 2nd this year · 156th 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 904 launch?
INTELSAT 904 launched on February 23, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 904?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 904?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 904 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 904 reach?
INTELSAT 904, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 190 × 35,830 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 904 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).