Intelsat 504

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:23:00

Friday March 5, 1982

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Intelsat 504

Wiki

Intelsat V F-4, then named Intelsat 504, was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1982, it was the fourth 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-4 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-36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

46 days 2 hours

Stats

Atlas-Centaur


59th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1982

1982


18th

Orbital launch attempt