Intelsat V F-4

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| name = Intelsat V F-4

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| mission_type = Communication

| operator = COMSAT / INTELSAT

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 1982-017A {{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1982-017A|title=Display: Intelsat 5 F-4 1982-017A|publisher=NASA|date=14 May 2020|access-date=30 June 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

| SATCAT = 13083

| 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 = 5 March 1982, 00:23:00 UTC {{cite web|url=https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/derived/launchlog.html|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page |access-date=April 22, 2017}}

| launch_rocket = Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR (AC-58)

| launch_site = Cape Canaveral, LC-36A

| launch_contractor = General Dynamics

| entered_service =

| disposal_type = Graveyard orbit

| deactivated = November 1995

| orbit_epoch = 5 March 1982

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 34.5° West (1982-1993)
40.5° West (1993-1994)
31.5° West (1994-1995)
29.4° West (1995-1995)

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 21 C-band
4 Ku-band

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| trans_capacity =

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| programme = Intelsat V

| previous_mission = Intelsat V F-3

| next_mission = Intelsat V F-5

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Intelsat V-D (F-4){{cite report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19820010399/downloads/19820010399.pdf |title=Mission Operation Report |last=Weiss |first=Stanley I. |date=February 25, 1982 |publisher=NASA |id=Report No. 0-491-203-82-04 |access-date=16 August 2023 |number=}} was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT. Launched in 1982, it was the fourth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat V satellite bus. Intelsat V F-4 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

Satellite

The Intelsat V F-4 satellite was box-shaped, measuring 1.66 by 2.1 by 1.77 metres; solar arrays spanned 15.9 metres tip to tip. The arrays, supplemented by nickel-hydrogen batteries during eclipse, provided 1800 watts of power. The payload housed 21 C-band and 4 Ku-band transponders. It could accommodate 15,000 two-way voice circuits and two TV channels simultaneously. It had a launch mass of 1928 kg.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1989-006A|title=Display: Intelsat 5A F-15 1989-086A|publisher=NASA|date=14 May 2020|access-date=30 June 2020}} {{PD-notice}} The satellite was deactivated in November 1995.

Launch

The satellite was successfully launched into space on 5 March 1982 at 00:23:00 UTC, by means of an Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States.

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