Intelsat 904 (or IS-904[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Intelsat[1][2] |
COSPAR ID | 2002-007A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 27380[1] |
Mission duration | 13 years[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | SSL-1300HL[1] |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral[1] |
Launch mass | 4,680.0 kg (10,317.6 lb)[1] |
Dry mass | 2,350.0 kg (5,180.9 lb)[1] |
Power | 8 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 23, 2002, 06:59 (2002-02-23UTC06:59Z) UTC[3] |
Rocket | Ariane 44L H10-3[2] |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2[2] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 60° west[1] |
Semi-major axis | 42,164.0 kilometres (26,199.5 mi)[4] |
Eccentricity | 0.0002497[5] |
Perigee altitude | 35,782.7 kilometres (22,234.3 mi)[4] |
Apogee altitude | 35,803.7 kilometres (22,247.4 mi)[4] |
Inclination | 0.0474°[5] |
Period | 1,436.1 minutes[4] |
RAAN | 105.7301°[5] |
Epoch | May 21, 2017[4] |
Revolution no. | 1853[5] |
Transponders | |
Band | 72 C band and 22 Ku band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Asia, Australia and Europe |
EIRP | 36 dBW (C Band) 54 dBW (Ku band Europe) |
Intelsat 9 ← Intelsat 903 Intelsat 905 → |
Intelsat 904 was launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, at 06:59 UTC on February 23, 2002.[6]
The 4,680 kilograms (10,320 lb) satellite will provide television and internet services to Europe, Asia and Australia through its 76 C band and 22 Ku band transponders after parking over 60 degrees east longitude.[6]
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USA-164 | INSAT-3C | Tsubasa · DASH · VEP-3 | HESSI | Iridium 90 · Iridium 91 · Iridium 94 · Iridium 95 · Iridium 96 | EchoStar VII | Intelsat 904 | Kosmos 2387 | Envisat | STS-109 | TDRS-9 | GRACE | Progress M1-8 | Shenzhou 3 | JCSAT-8 · Astra 3A | Intelsat 903 | Kosmos 2388 | STS-110 (ITS S0) | NSS-7 | Soyuz TM-34 | SPOT-5 · Idefix | Aqua | DirecTV-5 | Feng Yun 1D · Hai Yang 1A | Ofek-5 | Kosmos 2389 | Intelsat 905 | STS-111 (Leonardo MPLM) | Ekspress A1R | Galaxy 3C | Iridium 97 · Iridium 98 | NOAA-17 | Progress M-46 | CONTOUR | Stellat 5 · N-STAR c | Kosmos 2390 · Kosmos 2391 | Kosmos 2392 | Hot Bird 6 | EchoStar VIII | Atlantic Bird 1 · MSG-1 | Intelsat 906 | USERS · Kodama | METSAT | Tsinghua 2 | Hispasat 1D | Progress M1-9 | Nadezhda 7 | STS-112 (ITS S1) | Foton-M No.1 | INTEGRAL | Zi Yuan 2B | Soyuz TMA-1 | Eutelsat W5 | STS-113 (ITS P1 · MEPSI 1A · MEPSI 1B) | Astra 1K | AlSAT-1 · Mozhayets 3 · Rubin-3 | TDRS-10 | Hot Bird 7 · Stentor · MFD-A · MFD-B | ADEOS II · Kanta Kun · FedSat · µ-LabSat 1 (RITE 1 · RITE 2) | NSS-6 | TrailBlazer-2001 STA · Saudisat 1C · LatinSat A · LatinSat B · UniSat 2 · Rubin 2 | Kosmos 2393 | Kosmos 2394 · Kosmos 2395 · Kosmos 2396 | Shenzhou 4 | Nimiq 2 | |
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