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INTELSAT 501

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.3 hours, on an orbit tilted 10.8° from the equator, between 36,179 and 36,215 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About INTELSAT 501

INTELSAT 501 is a satellite from ITSO, launched on May 23, 1981 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 116°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Intelsat V F-1 · Geostationary communications satellite

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 13 days its lowest point went from 36,157 km to 36,156 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
36,16036,18036,20036,220

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.