Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Intelsat New Dawn |
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) |
32.8 |
Perigee (km) |
35800 |
Apogee (km) |
35892 |
Eccentricity |
0.00108963426189123 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.05 |
Period (minutes) |
1439.15 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3000 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1283 |
Power (watts) |
4800 |
Date of Launch |
22-04-2011 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Orbital Sciences Corp. |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2011-016A |
NORAD Number |
37392 |
Comments |
Carries 14 active C-band transponders and 16 Ku-band transponders to serve customers in Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Western Europe; the C-band antenna has failed to deploy as of 6/11. |