Communications
INTELSAT 605 (IS-605)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 21653
INTELSAT 605 (IS-605) is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on August 14, 1991 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 14, 1991 at 11:15 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Intelsat 605
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,059 km
- Periapsis
- 36,049 km
- Inclination
- 13.57°
- Orbital period
- 1449.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 2,502.48 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø3.6 × 11.79 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1991-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 21653
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 11.2339 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational