Intelsat 902

Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.

Specifications

 * Propulsion: R-4D-15 HiPAT
 * Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
 * Perigee: 35,781.2 km
 * Apogee: 35,805.7 km
 * Semimajor axis: 42,164 km
 * Orbital period: 0.02393 hours
 * Orbital inclination: 0.0 degrees
 * Transponders: 44 C band and 12 Ku band
 * Beacons: 3947.5RHCP, 3948.0RHCP, 3950.0V, 3952.0RHCP, 3952.5RHCP, 11198RHCP, 11452RHCP