Intelsat 15

Intelsat 15 is a Satellite of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium ( Intelsat ), based in Luxembourg.

It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and transported on 30 November 2009 with a zenith 3SLB from Baikonur into space. His life is likely 15 years. The two-stage Zenit rocket actually brought the first satellite to a low Earth orbit and then using multiple firings of the upper stage Block DM -SLB in a Geotransferorbit with a web height of 10133-35773 km and an inclination of 12.1 °. From there, the satellite reached in the next few days with his own drive to its final geostationary position at 85 ° east longitude.

Intelsat 15 will replace the eight years previously started Satellite Intelsat 709 and will supply from its position from the middle east, areas in the Indian Ocean, and Russia with video and data services. These two folding antennas, each 2.3 meters in diameter and mounted on the satellite antenna diameter of 1.4 meters, as well as 22 Ku -band transponders with traveling wave tube amplifiers with a 30 - for -22 redundancy are available to him.