Intelsat V F-8

{{Short description|Communications satellite operated by Intelsat}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Intelsat V F-7 → Intelsat 507

| image =

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| mission_type = Communication

| operator = Intelsat

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 1984-023A{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-023A|title=INTELSAT 5 F-8|publisher=National Space Science Data Center|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

| SATCAT = 14786

| mission_duration = 13 years

| spacecraft_bus = Intelsat-V bus

| manufacturer = Ford Aerospace

| BOL_mass = {{convert|1012|kg|lb}}{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-5.htm|title=Intelsat-5|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

| launch_mass = {{convert|1928.2|kg|lb}}

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|March 05, 1984, 00:50:03|timezone=yes}} 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 = Ariane 1{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/i/intelsat.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227201102/http://astronautix.com/i/intelsat.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2016|title=Launch Log|first=Mark|last=Wade|work=Astronautix|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

| launch_site = Kourou ELA-1

| launch_contractor =

| entered_service =

| disposal_type = Decommissioned

| deactivated = {{end-date|August, 1996}}

| orbit_epoch = April 23, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=14786|title=Intelsat 508|work=N2yo.com|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Geostationary

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|36,580.8|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|36,720.2|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_inclination = 16.0 degrees

| orbit_semimajor = {{convert|43021|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_period = 1,480.1 minutes

| orbit_longitude = 180° W (original position)
33° E (current position)

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 21 C-band
4 {{Ku band}}

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| programme = Intelsat V

| previous_mission = Intelsat V F-7

| next_mission = Intelsat V F-9

}}

Intelsat 508, previously named Intelsat V F-8, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1984, it was the eighth 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-8 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

The satellite was successfully launched into space on October 19, 1983, at 00:45 UTC, by means of an Ariane 1 vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 1,928 kg.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_intelsat_508.html|title=INTELSAT 508|publisher=TSE|access-date=April 23, 2017}} The Intelsat V F-8 was equipped with 4 Ku-band transponders more 21 C-band transponders for 12,000 audio circuits and 2 TV channels.