ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 905
Launched
June 5, 2002
Image: ESA
Summary
INTELSAT 905 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 5, 2002. It was Arianespace's 148th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 4,538th orbital launch attempt. It was the 37th Ariane 44L flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). INTELSAT 905, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 199 × 35,906 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
- 37th Ariane 44L flight · 4th this yearArianespace's 148th launch7th this yearhumanity's 4,538th orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 905 · NORAD 27438 · 2002-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 905
- Object ID
- 2002-027A
- Epoch
- 2002-06-05 12:32:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27458934 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.73101
- Inclination
- 7.0451°
- Ascending node
- 172.3751°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.2798°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.4061°
- 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: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- INTELSAT 905 · NORAD 27438 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V152 · re-entered November 1, 2003
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat 905 (or IS-905[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
116th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 6th this year · 161st from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
32 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 905 launch?
INTELSAT 905 launched on June 5, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 905?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 905?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 905 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 905 reach?
INTELSAT 905, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 199 × 35,906 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 905 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).