 Intelsat 901 satellite seen in orbit by MEV-1 | |
| Names | IS-901 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Intelsat |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-024A |
| SATCAT no. | 26824 |
| Mission duration | 13 years (planned) 23 years, 10 months (total) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Intelsat 901 |
| Spacecraft type | SSL 1300 |
| Bus | SSL 1300HL |
| Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
| Launch mass | 4,725 kg (10,417 lb) |
| Power | 8.6 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 June 2001, 06:45 UTC |
| Rocket | Ariane 44L (VA141) |
| Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Deactivated | 9 April 2025[1] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | Current position: 27.5° West First orbital position: 67.5° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 56 transponders: 44 C-band 12 Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 36 and 72 MHz |
| EIRP | C-band global beam 36 dBW C-band Hemi Beam 38 dBW C-band beam zone 38 dBW Ku-band 53 dBW Europe Spot 1 Ku-band 52 dBw Europe Spot 2 |
| Docking with MEV-1 | |
| Docking date | 25 February 2020, 07:15 UTC |
| Undocking date | 9 April 2025, 15:04 UTC[2][1] |
| Time docked | 5 years, 1 month, 14 days |
Intelsat 901 (IS-901) is the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increased communications demands such as DTH and Internet.
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