Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
NSS-703 (Intelsat 703, Intelsat 7 F-3) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Netherlands |
Operator/Owner |
SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES))/Intelsat (shared capacity) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-47 |
Perigee (km) |
35773 |
Apogee (km) |
35798 |
Eccentricity |
0.000296521213127587 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.02 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.08 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3642 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1450 |
Power (watts) |
3900 |
Date of Launch |
06-10-1994 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Space Systems/Loral |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 4 |
COSPAR Number |
1994-064A |
NORAD Number |
23305 |
Comments |
Africa, Japan, India, China, Australia; 26 C-band, 10 Ku-band; shared capacity with Intelset. |