Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:17:00
Saturday September 28, 1985
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
Intelsat VA F-12, then named Intelsat 512, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in September 1985, it was the twelfth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat VA satellite bus. Intelsat VA F-12 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
65th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1985
90th
Orbital launch attempt