Intelsat 901 (IS-901) is the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increased communications demands such as DTH and Internet.
![]() Intelsat 901 satellite seen in orbit by MEV-1 | |
Names | IS-901 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2001-024A |
SATCAT no. | 26824 |
Mission duration | 13 years (planned) 23 years, 2 months, 23 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Intelsat 901 |
Spacecraft type | SSL 1300 |
Bus | SSL 1300HL |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 4,725 kg (10,417 lb) |
Power | 8.6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 June 2001, 06:45 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 44L (VA141) |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | Current position: 27.5° West First orbital position: 67.5° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 56 transponders: 44 C-band 12 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 and 72 MHz |
EIRP | C-band global beam 36 dBW C-band Hemi Beam 38 dBW C-band beam zone 38 dBW Ku-band 53 dBW Europe Spot 1 Ku-band 52 dBw Europe Spot 2 |
Docking with MEV-1 | |
Docking date | 25 February 2020, 07:15 UTC |
Undocking date | 2025 (planned) |
Time docked | 1651 days (in progress) ~5 years(planned) |