United States Air ForceAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT K
Launched
June 10, 1992
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
INTELSAT K launched on an United States Air Force Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 10, 1992. It was United States Air Force's 910th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 3,721st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas IIA flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT K, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 196 × 35,766 km orbit inclined 26.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas IIA flightUnited States Air Force's 910th launch7th this yearhumanity's 3,721st orbital launch attempt33rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT K · NORAD 21989 · 1992-032 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 101
- Object ID
- 1992-032A
- Epoch
- 1992-06-10 05:46:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28453878 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7303323
- Inclination
- 26.6797°
- Ascending node
- 78.9865°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.5761°
- Mean anomaly
- 183.2468°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.000099999
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 K · NORAD 21989
Centaur AC-105 · re-entered May 30, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Intelsat K, Intelsats first Ku-band only satellite, was originally built as Satcom K4 for GE Americom, but was acquired in 1989 and required extensive payload modifications. It is a single spacecraft purchased to meet critical requirements for Ku-band capacity over the Atlantic region, driven primarily by international broadcasters.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
41st launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 456th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
88 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT K launch?
INTELSAT K launched on June 10, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT K?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT K?
Atlas IIA, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT K launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT K reach?
INTELSAT K, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 196 × 35,766 km orbit inclined 26.7°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT K launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).