Intelsat 15
| Intelsat 15 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | November 30, 2009, 21:00 UTC |
| Launcher | Zenit 3SLB |
| Launch site | Baikonur starting point 45/1 |
| Takeoff mass | 2484 kg |
| Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
| model | Star 2.4 |
| lifespan | 15 years |
| operator | Intelsat |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 22 Ku band |
| Bandwidth | 9 × 72 MHz, 2 × 112 MHz for the Middle East and 6 × 36 MHz for the Middle East or Russia |
| EIRP | > 42.0 dBW for the Middle East and> 46.5 dBW for Russia |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 4.6 kW solar cells and two lithium ion batteries with 4.84 kWh each |
| position | |
| First position | 85 ° East |
| Actual position | 85 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Intelsat 15 is a television satellite of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium ( Intelsat ) based in Luxembourg .
It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched into space on November 30, 2009 with a Zenit 3SLB from Baikonur . Its lifespan is expected to be 15 years. The actually two-stage Zenit rocket initially placed the satellite in a low orbit and then with the help of several ignitions of the upper stage Block-DM-SLB in a geotransfer orbit with an orbit height between 10,133 and 35,773 kilometers and an orbit inclination of 12.1 °. From there, the satellite reached its final geostationary position at 85 ° east longitude with its own drive over the next few days.
Intelsat 15 will replace the Intelsat 709 satellite launched eight years earlier and will provide video and data services from its position in the Middle East, areas in the Indian Ocean and Russia. Two fold-out antennas with a diameter of 2.3 meters each and an antenna with a diameter of 1.4 meters mounted on the satellite, as well as 22 Ku-band transponders with traveling wave tube amplifiers with a 30-for-22 redundancy are available for this purpose.