Intelsat 22

Intelsat 22 is a Satellite of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium ( Intelsat ), headquartered in Washington, DC., He was launched into space on March 25, 2012 at 12:10 UTC by ILS with a Proton-M/Bris-M from Baikonur. His life is expected to be 18 years. The proton put him on a super -synchronous orbit with a perigee of 391 km, an apogee of 65,000 km and an inclination of 28.5 °. From this he controls the geostationary orbit.

Built by Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems based on the satellite bus 702MP satellite is expected with 48 C- and 24 Ku- band transponders on its position in the C-band Africa and Asia and the Ku-band to Europe, East Africa and the Middle East video and data services provide. As an additional payload a UHF communication system is installed with 18 transponders for the Australian Defence Force. He will replace Intelsat 709 at position 72 ° East.