Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Intelsat 22 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Intelsat, Ltd. |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
72 |
Perigee (km) |
35781 |
Apogee (km) |
35792 |
Eccentricity |
0.000130466238895544 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.03 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.11 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
6199 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
25-03-2012 |
Expected Lifetime |
18 yrs. |
Contractor |
Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Proton |
COSPAR Number |
2012-011A |
NORAD Number |
38098 |
Comments |
Provide C-band and Ku-band communications services over Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Intelsat 22 also carries a hosted UHF payload for the Australian Defence Force. |