Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:07:00
Saturday March 1, 1997
Flight V94.
Intelsat 801 is a geosynchronous communications spacecraft that was launched on March 01, 1997, by an Ariane 44L rocket from Kourou in French Guiana to provide voice and video communications to the member countries in that consortium after parking at 174° E longitude. It carries 38 C Band and 6 Ku Band transponders. It was built for US$76 million, launched for US$86 million, and insured for US$27 million.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,245 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 3,460 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,334 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
65th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1997
84th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1997
10th
Orbital launch attempt