Intelsat 21

Intelsat 21
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2012-045A
Mission duration	15 years


Bus	BSS-702MP
Manufacturer	Boeing Satellite Systems


Start of mission
Launch date	19 August 2012, 06:54:59 (2012-08-19UTC06:54:59Z) UTC
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Odyssey
Contractor	Sea Launch


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	58° West
Period	24 hours


Transponders
Band	40 IEEE C band 40 IEEE K_u band
Coverage area	Canada United States Latin America Caribbean Europe

Intelsat 21 is a communications satellite manufactured by Boeing Space Systems for the Intelsat Corp, based on the BSS-702MP platform.^[1] It was launched in August 2012 from a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.^[2]^[3] and replaces the Intelsat 9 satellite at 58° West Longitude.

References

↑ "Boeing 702MP Fleet - Intelsat". Boeing.
↑ Miramar-Garcia, Gabriel. "Intelsat launches satellite for Latin America TV capacity". Rapid TV News. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
↑ http://www.satlaunch.net/p/launch-schedule-2012.html

External links

Intelsat 21 on International Media Switzerland

Intelsat, Ltd.

Main articles

Spacecraft

Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1† III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5† III F-6 III F-7 III F-8†
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6† IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5† IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14† VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708† 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27† 28 (a.k.a. "New Dawn") 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

Future launches are in italics, failed launches with † sign.

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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