Intelsat 34 at 55° W
also known as IS-34, Hispasat 55W-2, H55W-2
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 55° WChannel line-up at 55° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 40874
- COSPAR number
- 2015-039A
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
- Model
- LS-1300
- Launch
- 20 Aug 2015 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 3300 kg
- Dry mass
- 1818 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Callsign
- S2915
- Beacon
- 3949R, 3949.5R, 3950.5R, 3951R
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Americas/Europe (AMECH) beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Brazil (BKH) beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band North Atlantic (NATKV) beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Intelsat 34
22 C-band channels to provide services to to North and South America and Europe and 18 Ku-band channels to provide services to Mexico, Central America, Brazil, the Caribbean, Europe, a portion of the United States, and the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. It will serve the role originally intended for Intelsat 27 that was lost at launch failure and will replace Intelsat 805 and Galaxy 11 at 304.5 degrees East longitude position.