Communications
INTELSAT 4A-F6
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 10778
INTELSAT 4A-F6 is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on March 31, 1978 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 31, 1978 at 11:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Intelsat-4A 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,820 km
- Periapsis
- 35,761 km
- Inclination
- 8.78°
- Orbital period
- 1436.28 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 787.91 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.39 × 2.82 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-035A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10778
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 1.2589 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational