Intelsat 805 is a

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operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1998 it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 55.5 degrees west for around 14 years.

Launch

The launch of Intelsat 805 made use of an

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rocket flying from

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. The launch took place at 22:48 UTC on June 18, 1998, with the spacecraft entering a

geosynchronous transfer orbit A geosynchronous transfer orbit or geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous (GSO) or geostationary orbit (GEO) are (almost) always put into a GTO as an intermediate step f ...

. Intelsat 805 subsequently fired its apogee motor to achieve geostationary orbit.

Technical details

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