Communications
INTELSAT 4A-F3
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INTELSAT 4A-F3 is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on January 7, 1978 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 7, 1978 at 12:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Intelsat-4A 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,904 km
- Periapsis
- 35,878 km
- Inclination
- 9°
- Orbital period
- 1441.44 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 787.91 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10557
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 9.9627 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational