Communications
INTELSAT 709 (IS-709)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INTELSAT 709 (IS-709) is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on June 15, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 1996 at 06:55 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INTELSAT 709
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,171 km
- Periapsis
- 36,019 km
- Inclination
- 10.73°
- Orbital period
- 1451.88 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 2,066.4 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-035A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23915
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 23.1318 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational