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Intelsat 16 – Orbital Intelsat 16 User Manual

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Coverage Contour Maps

Ku-band Coverage Area

Intelsat 16

Mission Partners

Intelsat

Intelsat is a premier global provider of video and data services via
satellite

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Prime contractor for Galaxy 12, 14 and 15; Intelsat 11, 15, 16,
18, 23 and 28; Horizons-2 for an Intelsat/SKY Perfect JSAT joint
venture

International Launch Services

Launch provider

Specifications

Spacecraft

Launch Mass:

2,450 kg (5,401 lb.)

Solar Arrays:

Four panels per array, UTJ Gallium
Arsenide cells

Stabilization:

3-axis stabilized; zero momentum system

Propulsion:

Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system;
monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system

Batteries:

Two >4840 W-Hr capacity Li-Ion batteries

Mission Life:

15 years

Orbit:

58

°

West Longitude

Hybrid Payload

Ku-band
Repeater:

24 active transponders with two groups of
16-for-12 redundant linearized TWTAs

Antenna:

Two 2.3 m dual grid deployable reflectors;
one 0.9 m dual grid deck-mounted receive

Launch

Launch Vehicle:

Proton

Site:

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Date:

February 11, 2010

The GEOStar

Advantage

Orbital’s highly successful Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)
communications satellites are based on the company’s GEOStar
spacecraft platform, which is able to accommodate all types of
commercial communications payloads and is compatible with all major
commercial launchers. The company’s GEOStar product line includes
the GEOStar-2 design, which is optimized for smaller satellite missions
that can support up to 5.0 kilowatts of payload power. Orbital has also
developed the higher-power GEOStar-3 spacecraft design, delivering the
next increment of payload power for applications between 5.0 and 8.0
kilowatts, allowing Orbital to offer its innovative and reliable satellite design
to the medium-class of communications satellites.