Engineering:Columbia 515

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Intelsat VA F-15 → Columbia 515
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorIntelsat / Columbia Communications Corporation
COSPAR ID1989-006A[1]
SATCAT no.19772
Mission duration15 years
Spacecraft properties
BusIntelsat-V bus
ManufacturerFord Aerospace
Launch mass1,981 kilograms (4,367 lb)[2]
BOL mass1,012 kilograms (2,231 lb)[2]
Power1280 W
Start of mission
Launch dateJanuary 27, 1989, 01:21 (1989-01-27UTC01:21Z) UTC[3]
RocketAriane 2 V28
Launch siteKourou ELA-1
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
DeactivatedNovember 2002 (2002-12)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude18° W
Eccentricity0.00409
Perigee altitude35,359 kilometers (21,971 mi)
Apogee altitude35,702 kilometers (22,184 mi)
Inclination1.3 degrees
Period1,422.9 minutes
Epoch27 January 1989
Transponders
Band29 C-band
6 Ku band
Intelsat V
Intelsat VI F-1 (Intelsat VI) →
 

Columbia 515, previously named Intelsat VA F-15 or Intelsat 515, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat and which was later sold to Columbia Communications Corporation. Launched in 1989, it was the fifteenth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat-V satellite bus.

Columbia 515 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network. The satellite was deactivated on November, 2002.

The satellite was successfully launched into space on 27 January 1989, at 01:21 UTC, by means of an Ariane 2 vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 2,013 kg.[4] The Columbia 515 was equipped with 6 Ku-band transponders more 29 C-band transponders for 15,000 audio circuits and 2 TV channels.

References

  1. "INTELSAT 5A F-15". National Space Science Data Center. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1989-006A. Retrieved April 23, 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Intelsat-5a". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-5a.htm. Retrieved April 23, 2017. 
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved April 23, 2017. 
  4. "INTELSAT 515". TSE. http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_intelsat_515.html. Retrieved April 23, 2017.