Intelsat 34

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Intelsat 34
Mission type Communications
Operator Intelsat
COSPAR ID 2015-039A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 40874
Mission duration15 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Bus SSL 1300
Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass3,300 kilograms (7,300 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date20 August 2015 20:34 UTC (2015-08-20UTC20:34Z)
Rocket Ariane 5 ECA
Launch site Kourou
Contractor Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary
Longitude55.5 west
Perigee altitude 35,792 kilometres (22,240 mi)
Apogee altitude 35,800 kilometres (22,200 mi)
Inclination 0.03 degrees
Period 1436.22 minutes
Epoch 20 August 2015 UTC
 

INTELSAT 34 or IS-34 is communications satellite built on Space Systems/Loral's 1300-series satellite platform. [1] The satellite broadcasts television to homes in Brazil, distributes video programming for companies like HBO and Fox across Latin America, and beams Internet broadband services to travelers aboard airplanes and ships crossing the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] [3]

Contents

The satellite has 22 C-band channels to provide services to North and South America and Europe and 18 Ku-band channels for services to Mexico, Central America, Brazil, the Caribbean, Europe, a portion of the United States, and the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. [4] Intelsat 34, unlike its predecessor, does not include the UHF-band that Intelsat had been unable to sell to its intended customer, the U.S. Department of Defense. [5]

Launch

Intelsat 34 is the 50th Loral-built satellite launched for Intelsat. [6] With a launch mass of 7,275 pounds - about 3.3 metric tons [4] - Intelsat 34 is a replacement for the Intelsat 27 spacecraft lost aboard a Sea Launch mission in 2013. [7] It took over service from the Galaxy 11 and Intelsat 805 spacecraft in orbit, the company's last two relay stations that had been launched before 2000. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ de Selding, Peter B. (July 23, 2013). "Intelsat Enlists Space Systems/Loral To Build IS-34 Satellite". SpaceNews . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Expand Your Reach into Latin America" (PDF). intelsat.com. 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "HD Channels Intelsat 34, 55.5 West, satellite Intelsat 34 TV, Radio satellite channels 55.5 West, HD channels". sattvinfo.net. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Intelsat 34". satbeams.com. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Krebs, Gunter D. "Intelsat 34 (IS 34, Hispasat 55W-2)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "SSL Delivers its 50th Satellite for Intelsat to Launch Base in Kourou". maxar.com. July 20, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ de Selding, Peter B. (February 1, 2013). "Sea Launch Rocket Failure Destroys Intelsat IS-27 Satellite". SpaceNews . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
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