Intelsat V F-1

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Intelsat V F-1 → Intelsat 501

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| mission_type = Communications

| operator = COMSAT / INTELSAT

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| COSPAR_ID = 1981-050A

| SATCAT = 12474

| mission_duration = 7 years (planned)

| spacecraft_bus = Intelsat V

| manufacturer = Ford Aerospace

| dry_mass = 1012 kg

| launch_mass = 1928 kg

| dimensions = 1.66 x 2.1 x 1.77 metres

| power = 1800 watts

| launch_date = 23 May 1981, 22:42:00 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 22, 2017}}

| launch_rocket = Atlas SLV-3D Centaur (AC-56)

| launch_site = CCAFS, LC-36B

| launch_contractor = General Dynamics

| disposal_type = Graveyard orbit

| deactivated = February 1997

| orbit_epoch = 23 May 1981

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1981-050A|title=Display: Intelsat V F-1 1981-050A|publisher=NASA|date=14 May 2020 |access-date=29 June 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 177.0° West (1981-1992)
91.5° East (1992-1996)
72.0° East (1996-1997)

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 21 C-band
4 Ku-band

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| programme = Intelsat V

| previous_mission = Intelsat V F-2

| next_mission = Intelsat V F-3

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Intelsat V F-1 (or Intelsat 501) was a geostationary communications satellite built by Ford Aerospace, it was owned by COMSAT. Launched in 1981, it was the second of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The satellite was based on the Intelsat V platform and its estimated useful life was seven years.