Communications
INTELSAT 601 (IS-601)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INTELSAT 601 (IS-601) is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on October 29, 1991 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 29, 1991 at 11:08 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Intelsat 601
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,988 km
- Periapsis
- 35,972 km
- Inclination
- 13.38°
- Orbital period
- 1445.98 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 2,502.48 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1991-075A
- NORAD catalog №
- 21765
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 11.9244 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational