Intelsat 506

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:26:00

Thursday May 19, 1983

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Intelsat 506

Wiki

Intelsat V F-6, then named Intelsat 506, was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1983, it was the sixth 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-6 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


61st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1983

1983


48th

Orbital launch attempt