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 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Intelsat |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-024A |
| SATCAT no. | 26824 |
| Mission duration | 13 years (planned) 23 years, 4 months, 29 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 | 1718 days (in progress) ~5 years(planned) |
