Skynet 4F

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General

Designation	26695 / 01005B
Launch date	7 Feb 2001
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Mission	Military: telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V139

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 7 Feb 2001	May 2007	5°E
Aug 2007	Sep 2019	34°W
Oct 2019		no recent TLE

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End of life

Out of service	late 2019
Cause	sent to junk orbit

Contract value: £130 million including delivery-in-orbit of the satellite, with Ariane launch and operational control and in-orbit testing before turnover.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
UHF-band
X-band
EHF-band

Its dry mass is 830 kg and 1489 kg total mass at lift-off. Would have 2 S-band transponders which is new for Skynet satellites.

Possible telemetry at 2252.5 MHz

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