Intelsat 511

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General

Designation	15873 / 85055A
Launch date	30 Jun 1985
Country of origin	International
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Atlas Centaur
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 30 Jun 1985
Jan 1991	Jan 1991	27.5°W
late 1991	Sep 1992	63°E
Oct 1992	Feb 1993	177°E
Feb 1993	Nov 1994	177°E, went inclined
Feb 1995	Sep 1997	180°E, inclined
mid-Jun 1998	Aug 2003	29.5°W, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	Aug 2003
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

At 29.5°W the satellite will provide the cable restoration service (the average cable outage can last from 7 to 10 days)

In 1997, INTELSAT restored a total of 17 cable systems, and provided the equivalent to 200 units of 36 MHz, which generated revenues of US$ 24 million. Cable owners from the following countries have leased capacity on the INTELSAT 511 satellite in case of cable failure: Brazil, Canada, France, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Venezuela, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
C-band
Ku-band

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

C-band
Ku-band

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