GEO
Communications
Intelsat 16
Ku-band Commercial Communications Satellite for Intelsat
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Mission Description
The Intelsat 16 (IS-16) satellite built for Intelsat provides Direct-To-Home (DTH) transponder capacity for
DirecTV subsidiaries. IS-16 provides expansion capacity for SKY Mexico offering High Denition (HD)
services and delivering news, sports and entertainment programming to its direct-to-home viewers.
In addition, IS-16 is available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil. Located at 58 degrees West
Longitude, the spacecraft features a high-power Ku-band payload, two 2.3 meter deployable reectors
and one 1.2 meter super-elliptical, deck mounted antenna.
GEOStar™ Satellites for Intelsat
Intelsat 16 is one of ten Orbital GEOStar communications satellites ordered by Intelsat.
• Galaxy 12
• Galaxy 14
• Galaxy 15
• Horizons-2
• Intelsat 11
• Intelsat 15
• Intelsat 16
• Intelsat 18
• Intelsat 23
• Intelsat 28
Coverage:
The Americas
Mission:
Ku-band communications
Customer:
Intelsat
Intelsat 16 in Orbital’s Dulles, Virginia satellite
manufacturing facility
Intelsat 16
Specications
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
Hybrid Payload
Ku-band
Repeater: 24 active transponders with two groups of
Antenna: Two 2.3 m dual grid deployable reectors;
Launch
Launch Vehicle: Proton
Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Date: February 11, 2010
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West Longitude
16-for-12 redundant linearized TWTAs
one 0.9 m dual grid deck-mounted receive
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
Coverage Contour Maps
Ku-band Coverage Area
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.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Dulles, Virginia 20166
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