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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: Spain. Agency: INTA.

Spanish communications satellite.

Typical orbit: 1439 km x 1457 km at 102 degrees inclination. Mass: 20 kg (44 lb).

Intasat Chronology

1974 November 15 - Intasat 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2W. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 20 kg (44 lb). Perigee: 1,442 km (896 mi). Apogee: 1,459 km (906 mi). Inclination: 101.80 deg. Period: 114.90 min.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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