INTELSAT 901

Launch Details
Launched 8 June 2001
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Geostationary
Intelsat
Active satellites
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
NORAD ID 26824
COSPAR ID 2001-024A
Alternative names IS-901
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 0.217°
Eccentricity 0.00044
RA ascending node 6.232 hr
Argument perigee 352.350°
Mean anomaly 203.946°
Orbital period 1457.235 min
Epoch of osculation 16 May 2025, 21:30

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36187.8 km
Mean Altitude 36206.5 km
Peak Altitude 36225.2 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

ARIANE 44L R/B

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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