Communications
INTELSAT 502
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INTELSAT 502 is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on December 6, 1980 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 6, 1980 at 11:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Intelsat 502
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,218 km
- Periapsis
- 36,137 km
- Inclination
- 11.3°
- Orbital period
- 1456.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 1,002.97 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1980-098A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12089
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 13.3496 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational