Names | IS-39 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2019-049B[1] |
SATCAT no. | 44476 |
Website | Intelsat 39 |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) Elapsed: 5 years and 11 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Intelsat 39 |
Bus | SSL 1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 6,600 kg (14,600 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 6 August 2019, 19:30:07 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA (VA-249) |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 62° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 128 transponders: 56 C-band 72 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East |
Intelsat 39, also known as IS-39, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Intelsat and designed and manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (now subsidiary of Maxar Technologies) on the SSL 1300 satellite bus. It covers Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East from the 62° East longitude. It has a mixed C-band and Ku-band.[2]