Intelsat 511

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:44:00

Sunday June 30, 1985

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Intelsat 511

Wiki

Intelsat VA F-11, then named Intelsat 511, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1985, it was the eleventh of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VA series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat VA satellite bus. Intelsat VA F-11 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

1,981 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-G Centaur-D1AR

Active 1984 to 1989


Payload to Orbit

LEO: 5,900 kg

GTO: 2,222 kg

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

46 days 2 hours

Stats

Atlas-Centaur


64th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1985

1985


56th

Orbital launch attempt