Intelsat 512

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:17:00

Saturday September 28, 1985

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Intelsat 512

Wiki

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

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-36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

50 days 6 hours

Stats

Atlas-Centaur


65th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1985

1985


90th

Orbital launch attempt