Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:26:00
Thursday May 19, 1983
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
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
61st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1983
48th
Orbital launch attempt