Intelsat 18 at 180° E
also known as IS-18
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 180° EChannel line-up at 180° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 37834
- COSPAR number
- 2011-056A
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 05 Oct 2011 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Zenit 3SL
- Launch mass
- 3200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1464 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Callsign
- S2817
- Beacon
- 3947.5 RHCP, 3950.0 V, 3952.5 RHCP, 11198 RHCP, 11452 RHCP, 12502 RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Global (GCL) beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band North Hemi (NHCL) beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band South Hemi (SHCL) beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band French Polinesia & US beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South Pacific Beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Intelsat 18
24 C-band and 12 Ku-band transponders to provide telecommunication services. The satellite's C-band payload will serve Eastern Asia, the Pacific and the Western United States and its Ku-band payload will serve French Polynesia, Eastern Australia and the United States.