Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Intelsat 16
The Intelsat 16 (IS-16) satellite was manufactured for Intelsat to provide Direct-To-Home (DTH) transponder capacity for DirecTV subsidiaries. IS-16 will provide in-orbit backup and additional transponder Longitude or coverage for both Brazil and Mexico. The payload is designed to provide 24 Ku band transponders over Brazil for Sky Brasil at 43.1 degrees West Longitude or capacity coverage over Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico regions at 58 degrees West Longitude.
To support the mission, the satellite employs Orbital's Star-2.4 Bus providing up to 5 kW of payload power. The spacecraft will feature two 2.3 m deployable reflectors and one 1.2 m super-elliptical, deck-mounted antenna.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,056.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2010
6th orbital launch attempt
Proton-M
40th mission
2nd mission of 2010
37th successful mission
17th consecutive successful mission