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Launch · COSPAR 1981-050 · 23 May 1981

INTELSAT 501

Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida · US28.49°, -80.57°

Payloads

1

Catalogued objects

2

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

2

Decayed

0

0% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), FloridaCape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 2

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Payload Payload · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
INTELSAT 501Intelsat fleet124741981-050AUnknownGEO36,163 / 36,215 km10.85°on orbitIntelsat

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B124971981-050BInactiveOTHER308 / 6,723 km23.94°on orbit—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1981-050
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
23 May 1981
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida
Site code
AFETR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYCR3J7EVTWX7BD95W1

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-050; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.

INTELSAT 501 — Launch 1981-050, 23 May 1981 | SatelliteIndex