Intelsat 28 at 32° W
also known as Intelsat New Dawn
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 32° WChannel line-up at 32° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 37392
- COSPAR number
- 2011-016A
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 22 Apr 2011 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 3000 kg
- Dry mass
- 1283 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2751
- Beacon
- 3947.5 RHCP, 3952.5 RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band Africa beam (Ku band) View footprint
- C-band Africa beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band AFKH (Africa) beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band AFKV (Africa) beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Intelsat 28
28 C-band (failed) and 24 Ku-band 36 MHz transponder units to deliver wireless backhaul, broadband and television programming to part of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Sub-Saharan regions. Shortly after the launch Intelsat determined that the satellite’s C-band antenna reflector had not successfully deployed most likely due to a malfunction of the reflector sun shield. As a result, the sun shield interfered with the ejection release mechanism and thus prevented the deployment of the C-band antenna.