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.