Intelsat 17
| Intelsat 17 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | November 26, 2010, 18:39 UTC |
| Launcher | Ariane 5 ECA |
| Launch site | CSG , ELA-3 |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2010-065B |
| Takeoff mass | 5540 kg |
| Empty mass | 2393 kg |
| Dimensions | 7.7 x 2.7 x 3.4 m |
| Span in orbit | 36.1 m |
| Manufacturer | Space Systems / Loral |
| Satellite bus | LS-1300-Omega |
| lifespan | > 15 years |
| Stabilization | three-axis |
| operator | Intelsat |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 46 Ku-Band and 28 C-Band |
| Bandwidth | 4 × 72 MHz, 20 × 36 MHz (C-band) 4 × 36 MHz, 21 × 72 MHz (Ku-band) |
| EIRP | 31–33 dBW (C band) 51–53 dBW (Ku band) |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 12.4 kW (EOL) |
| position | |
| First position | 66 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Intelsat 17 is a commercial communications satellite owned by the Luxembourg-based company Intelsat .
The satellite was ordered by Intelsat from Space Systems / Loral in August 2008. It was launched into space on November 26, 2010 at 19:39 CET with an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from the Kourou rocket launch site in French Guiana (together with HYLAS ). After a little over 27 minutes of flight, INTELSAT 17 was first deployed in a geotransfer orbit (GTO).
The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 46 Ku-band and 28 C-band transponders (25 of which are Ku- and 24 C-band active) and is to be the successor to Intelsat 702 from the position 66 ° West from Africa, Asia, Europe and the middle In particular, provide the east with video services. It was built by Space Systems / Loral on the basis of the LS-1300-OMEGA satellite bus. Of its launch mass of over 5.5 t, 3.16 t is accounted for by the fuel load , which allows the satellite to maintain its position in geostationary orbit for over 17 years. The communication payload is supplied with electrical energy via two solar cell booms made up of five segments each with a total span of 36.1 meters. After 15 years in space, these should still be able to generate 12.4 kW of electrical power, of which the communication payload needs 8.8 kW.
Web links
- Intelsat: Intelsat 17 Factsheet (Intelsat) (English; PDF; 657 kB)
- Arianespace: Start service provider website (English; PDF; 4.9 MB)
- Intelsat: coverage map of Intelsat 17 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Space Systems / Loral Selected to Provide Communications Satellite to Intelsat. Loral, December 31, 2008, accessed December 2, 2010 .
- ↑ a b Thomas Weyrauch: Ariane 5 ECA transports HYLAS 1 and INTELSAT 17. raumfahrer.net, November 27, 2010, accessed on December 2, 2010 .