Intelsat 903 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat [ 1] [ 2] COSPAR ID 2002-016A[ 1] SATCAT no. 27403[ 1] Mission duration 13 years[ 1]
Spacecraft type SSL-1300HL [ 1] Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral [ 1] Launch mass 4,723.0 kg (10,412.4 lb)[ 1] Dry mass 1,972.0 kg (4,347.5 lb)[ 1] Power 8.6 kW
Launch date March 30, 2002, 17:25 (2002-03-30UTC17:25Z ) UTC[ 3] Rocket Proton-K Blok-DM3[ 2] Launch site Baikonur 81/23 [ 2]
Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Longitude 34.5° west [ 1] Semi-major axis 42,164.0 kilometres (26,199.5 mi)[ 4] Eccentricity 0.0003243[ 5] Perigee altitude 35,780.2 kilometres (22,232.8 mi)[ 4] Apogee altitude 35,807.6 kilometres (22,249.8 mi)[ 4] Inclination 0.0122°[ 4] Period 1,436.1 minutes[ 4] RAAN 301.1223°[ 5] Epoch May 19, 2017[ 4] Revolution no. 1241[ 5]
Band 44 C band and 12 Ku band Bandwidth 36 MHz and 72 MHz Coverage area Africa , America , Europe , Middle East EIRP 36 dBW (C Band ) 53 dBW (Ku band Europe) and 52 dBW (Ku band America)
Intelsat 9
Intelsat 903 (or IS-903 [ 1] communications satellite operated by Intelsat .
Launch
Intelsat 903 was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan , at 22:27 UTC on March 30, 2002.[ 6]
Capacity and coverage
The 4.7 tonne (with fuel) spacecraft carries 23 C-band transponders (and several in Ku-band ) to provide direct-to-home television and internet service to Europe and North America after parking over 34.5 degrees west longitude.[ 6]
See also
External links
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Intelsat 903 (IS-903)" . SatBeams – Satellite Details . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .^ a b c Krebs, Gunter. "Intelsat 9 (901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907)" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved May 19, 2017 . ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved May 19, 2017 . ^ a b c d e f "INTELSAT 903" . N2YO . Retrieved May 17, 2017 .^ a b c Peat, Chris. "Intelsat 903" . Heavens Above . Retrieved May 19, 2017 . ^ a b "Intelsat 903" . NSSDC Master Catalog . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
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