Intelsat-503 |
INTELSAT / US |
Spacecraft n°: |
INTELSAT spacecraft n°: 30 |
| Designation: | 12994 / 81119A |
| Launch date | 15 Dec 1981 |
| Launch site: | CC, LC-36B |
| Launch vehicle: | Atlas-SLV3D Centaur (AC-55) |
| Mission: | Telecommunications |
| Geostationary orbit: | |
| Perigee / Apogee | km |
| Eccentricity | |
| Inclination | deg |
| Period | min |
| Prime manufacturer | Ford Aerospace |
| Platform | |
| Operator | Intelsat |
| Mass at launch | kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | |
| Propulsion | |
| DC power |
| Begin | End | Position |
| L: 15 Dec 1981 | ||
| May 1989 | went inclined | |
| 1 Jan 1991 | late 1991 | 174°E, inclined |
| Oct 1992 | Aug 1995 | 177°W, inclined |
| Aug 1995 | mid-Dec 1995 | drifting West |
| mid-Dec 1995 | Jan 1998 | 157°E, inclined |
| Out of service | mid Jan 1998 |
| Cause | deorbited |