Intelsat VA F-15

Communications satellite

Intelsat VA F-15 → Columbia 515
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communication
Operator	Intelsat / Columbia Communications Corporation
COSPAR ID	1989-006A ^[1]
SATCAT no.	19772
Mission duration	7 years (planned)


Bus	Intelsat VA
Manufacturer	Ford Aerospace
Launch mass	1981 kg
Dry mass	1098 kg ^[2]
Dimensions	1.66 x 2.1 x 1.77 metres
Power	1800 watts


Start of mission
Launch date	27 January 1989, 01:21:00 UTC^[3]
Rocket	Ariane 2 V28
Launch site	Kourou, ELA-1
Contractor	Aérospatiale


End of mission
Disposal	Graveyard orbit
Deactivated	November 2002


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	60.0° East (1989-1992), 18.0° West (1992-1996), 21.5° West (1996-1998), 37.8° West (1998-2002)
Epoch	27 January 1989


Transponders
Band	29 C-band 6 Ku-band

Intelsat V ← Intelsat VA F-14 Intelsat VI F-1 →

Intelsat VA F-15 or Intelsat 515, then named Columbia 515, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat and which was later sold to Columbia Communications Corporation. Launched in 1989, it was the fifteenth 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-15 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network, from an orbital station at 60.0° East.

Satellite

The 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 at mission onset, approximately 1280 watts at the end of its seven-year design life. The payload housed 29 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders. It could accommodate 15,000 two-way voice circuits and two TV channels simultaneously. It also provided maritime communications for ships at sea.^[1]

Launch

The satellite was successfully launched into space on 27 January 1989, at 01:21:00 UTC, by means of an Ariane 2 vehicle from the Crentre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 1981 kg.^[4]

Columbia 515

From 1 April 1998, the satellite is used by Columbia Communications Corporation and renamed Columbia 515. The Ku-band payload will not be used anymore. Columbia Communications was granted by FCC to operate a C-Band satellite as a replacement at this location, 37.8° West. The satellite was deactivated in November 2002.

References

^ ^a ^b "Display: Intelsat 5A F-15 1989-086A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Intelsat 5A". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "INTELSAT 515". TSE. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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v t e ← 1988 Orbital launches in 1989 1990 →
January	Kosmos 1987, Kosmos 1988, Kosmos 1989 Kosmos 1990 Kosmos 1991 Gorizont No.29L Kosmos 1992 Intelsat VA F-15 Kosmos 1993
February	Progress 40 Kosmos 1994, Kosmos 1995, Kosmos 1996, Kosmos 1997, Kosmos 1998, Kosmos 1999 Kosmos 2000 Kosmos 2001 Kosmos 2002 USA-35 Molniya-1 No.84 Kosmos 2003 Akebono Kosmos 2004 Meteor-2 No.22
March	Kosmos 2005 JCSAT-1, Meteosat 4 STS-29 (TDRS-4) Kosmos 2006 Progress 41 Kosmos 2007 Kosmos 2008, Kosmos 2009, Kosmos 2010, Kosmos 2011, Kosmos 2012, Kosmos 2013, Kosmos 2014, Kosmos 2015 USA-36
April	Tele-X Kosmos 2016 Kosmos 2017 Gran' No.33L Kosmos 2018 Foton No.5L
May	STS-30 (Magellan) Kosmos 2019 USA-37 Kosmos 2020 Kosmos 2021 Resurs-F1 No.45, Pion 1, Pion 2 Kosmos 2022, Kosmos 2023, Kosmos 2024
June	Kosmos 2025 Superbird-A, DFS Kopernikus 1 Kosmos 2026 Molniya-3 No.45 Okean-O1 No.4 USA-38 Kosmos 2027 USA-39 Kosmos 2028 Globus No.11 Resurs-F1 No.46
July	Nadezhda No.403 Kosmos 2029 Gorizont No.27L Olympus F1 Kosmos 2030 Resurs-F1 No.47, Pion 3, Pion 4 Kosmos 2031 Kosmos 2032 Kosmos 2033 Kosmos 2034
August	Kosmos 2035 STS-28 (USA-40, USA-41) TV-SAT 2, Hipparcos Resurs-F2 No.4 USA-42 Kosmos 2036 Progress M-1 Marco Polo 1 Kosmos 2037
September	USA-43, USA-44 Himawari 4 Soyuz TM-8 USA-45 Resurs-F1 No.48 Kosmos 2038, Kosmos 2039, Kosmos 2040, Kosmos 2041, Kosmos 2042, Kosmos 2043 Kosmos 2044 Kosmos 2045 USA-46 Molniya-1 No.69 Kosmos 2046 Interkosmos 24, Magion 2 Gorizont No.31L
October	Kosmos 2047 Kosmos 2048 STS-34 (Galileo) USA-47 Meteor-3 No.4 Intelsat VI F-2
November	Kosmos 2049 COBE STS-33 (USA-48) Kosmos 2050 Kosmos 2051 Kvant 2 Molniya-3 No.46 Kosmos 2052
December	Granat USA-49 Gran' No.36L Progress M-2 Kosmos 2053 Kosmos 2054
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