Intelsat VA F-12

{{Short description|Communications satellite}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Intelsat VA F-12 → Intelsat 512

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| mission_type = Communication

| operator = Intelsat

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| COSPAR_ID = 1985-087A {{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-087A|title=Display: Intelsat 5A F-12 1985-087A|publisher=NASA|access-date=April 23, 2017}} {{PD-notice}}

| SATCAT = 16101

| mission_duration = 7 years (planned)

| spacecraft_bus = Intelsat VA

| manufacturer = Ford Aerospace

| dry_mass = 1098 kg

| launch_mass = 1981 kg

| power = 1800 watts

| launch_date = 29 September 1985,
23:36:00 UTC {{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

| launch_rocket = Atlas G-Centaur D1AR (AC-65)

| launch_site = CCAFS, LC-36B

| launch_contractor = General Dynamics

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| dimensions = 1.66 x 2.1 x 1.77 metres

| disposal_type = Graveyard orbit

| deactivated = July 1998

| orbit_epoch = 29 September 1985

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 34.5° West (1985-1991)
1.0° West (1991-1994)
21.5° West (1994-1996)
55.5° West (1996-1998)

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 26 C-band
6 Ku-band

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| programme = Intelsat V

| previous_mission = Intelsat VA F-11

| next_mission = Intelsat VA F-13

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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.