Communications
INTELSAT 901 (IS-901)
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INTELSAT 901 (IS-901) is a Intelsat S.A. communications satellite, launched on June 9, 2001 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 9, 2001 at 06:45 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INTELSAT 901
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,223 km
- Periapsis
- 36,174 km
- Inclination
- 1.25°
- Orbital period
- 1457.2 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,723 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,972 kg
- Power
- 10,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 13 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2001-024A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26824
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 15.9919 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational