Intelsat 503

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:35:00

Tuesday December 15, 1981

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Intelsat 503

Wiki

Intelsat V F-3, then named Intelsat 503, was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched on 15 December 1981, it was the third of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat V satellite bus. Intelsat V F-3 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

1,928 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR

Active 1975 to 1983


Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

50 days 6 hours

Stats

Atlas-Centaur


58th

Mission

4th

Mission of 1981

1981


121st

Orbital launch attempt