Intelsat V F-8

Intelsat 508, previously named Intelsat V F-8, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1984, it was the eighth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat-V satellite bus. Intelsat V F-8 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network.

Intelsat V F-7 → Intelsat 507
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communication
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	1984-023A[1]
SATCAT no.	14786[2]
Mission duration	13 years


Bus	Intelsat-V bus
Manufacturer	Ford Aerospace
Launch mass	1,928.2 kilograms (4,251 lb)[3]
BOL mass	1,012 kilograms (2,231 lb)[3]


Start of mission
Launch date	March 05, 1984, 00:50:03 (1984-03-05UTC00:50:03Z) UTC[4]
Rocket	Ariane 1[5]
Launch site	Kourou ELA-1[5]


End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Deactivated	August, 1996 (1996-08-11)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Geostationary[2]
Longitude	180° W (original position) 33° E (current position)[2]
Semi-major axis	43,021 kilometers (26,732 mi)[2]
Perigee altitude	36,580.8 kilometers (22,730.3 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude	36,720.2 kilometers (22,816.9 mi)[2]
Inclination	16.0 degrees[2]
Period	1,480.1 minutes[2]
Epoch	April 23, 2017[2]


Transponders
Band	21 C-band 4 K_u band

Intelsat V

The satellite was successfully launched into space on October 19, 1983, at 00:45 UTC, by means of an Ariane 1 vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 1,928 kg.[6] The Intelsat V F-8 was equipped with 4 Ku-band transponders more 21 C-band transponders for 12,000 audio circuits and 2 TV channels.

References

"INTELSAT 5 F-8". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
"Intelsat 508". N2yo.com. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
"Intelsat-5". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
Wade, Mark. "Launch Log". Astronautix. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
"INTELSAT 508". TSE. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39 40e
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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