Intelsat 16

Intelsat 16 (formerly also known as PAS -11R ) is a television satellite of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium ( Intelsat ), based in Washington ( DC). It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and transported on 12 February 2010 by ILS on a Proton from Baikonur into space. His life is likely 15 years template: Future / In 5 years, which was reduced by the direct delivery of the satellite by the Breeze M upper stage in the geostationary orbit, the fuel consumption of the satellite propulsion, reducing its service life can be extended even beyond.

Intelsat 16 will provide from its position in Brazil and Mexico with video and data services (satellite TV from DirecTV for SKY SKY Mexico and Brazil partially in HD quality ). To this end, it has two fold-out antennas, each 2.3 meters in diameter and mounted on the satellite elliptical antenna with 0.9 m diameter and 22 Ku -band transponders with traveling wave tube amplifiers innzwei groups with a 12 -by- 9- redundancy.