SBS 4
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = SBS 4
| image = STS41D-36-034.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = SBS 4 in the space
| mission_type = Communications
| operator = SBS
| website =
| SATCAT = 15235
| mission_duration = 7 years design life
| spacecraft_bus = HS-376
| manufacturer = Hughes Space and Communications
| dry_mass =
| launch_mass = {{convert|1,117|kg}}
| power =
| launch_date = {{start-date|30 August 1984, 12:41:50|timezone=yes}} UTC
| launch_rocket = Space Shuttle Discovery STS-41D
| launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A
| launch_contractor = NASA
| entered_service =
| disposal_type = Decommissioned
| deactivated = {{end-date|September 29, 2005}}
| orbit_epoch = August 30, 1984
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Geostationary
| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|317|km}}
| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|36,137|km}}
| orbit_inclination = 23°
| orbit_period = 640.2 minutes
| orbit_eccentricity = 0.72775
| apsis = gee
| trans_band = 14 Ku band
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SBS 4 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated at 94°W longitude.
Satellite description
The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-376 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of {{convert|1,117|kg|abbr=on}}, a geostationary orbit and a 7-year design life.
History
On August 30, 1984, SBS 4 was launched by Space Shuttle Discovery in the mission STS-41D from Kennedy Space Center at 12:41:50 UTC. The satellite was launched along with the satellites Telstar 302 and Leasat 2.
On 29 September 2005, SBS 4 was finally decommissioned and put into a graveyard orbit.
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See also
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Category:Communications satellites
Category:Satellites using the HS-376 bus
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