Intelsat-5A 15

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INTELSAT spacecraft n°: 42

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Spacecraft data:

End of life

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Mission details:

• Intelsat V, launched Jan 27 by Ariane from Kourou, French Guiana for INTELSAT (International Telecommunications Satellite Organization).
• The satellite provides transatlantic telephone and television service and is owned by an international consortium
• From 1st Apr 1998 on the satellite is used by Columbia Communications Corp. and renamed Columbia 515. The Ku-band payload will not be used anymore.
  Columbia Communications Corp was granted by FCC to operate a C-Band satellite as a replacement at this location.