Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:44:00
Sunday June 30, 1985
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
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
64th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1985
56th
Orbital launch attempt