The third in a series of improved INTELSAT commercial communications satellites will be launched by an Atlas-Centaur AC-551 from the Eastern Space and Missile Center (ESMC) no earlier than December 9, 1981. The INTELSAT V series has a capacity of 12,000 voice circuits plus two television channels. The INTELSAT Global Satellite System comprises two elements: the space segment, consisting ot satellites owned by INTELSAT positioned over the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean regions; and the ground segment, consisting of Earth stations owned by telecommunications entities in the countries in which they are located. INTELSAT awarded a contract for the development and manufacture of INTELSAT V satellites to Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation as a prime contractor, and an international team of manufacturers as subcontractors. A number of follow-on satellites with modified and expanded communications capabilities are being considered.
INTELSAT V-C (F-3) Launch
1981
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