Intelsat 36 at 69° E
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 69° EChannel line-up at 69° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 41747
- COSPAR number
- 2016-053A
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
- Model
- LS-1300
- Launch
- 24 Aug 2016 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 3400 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Callsign
- S2948
- Beacon
- 3652.0, 3652.5, 3653.5, 3654.0, 3650.5R, 11200.5R, 12496R
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Landmass beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band South Africa beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Intelsat 36
12 C-band and 42 Ku-band transponders to provide direct-broadcast television services to a broad swath of Africa, with African satellite-television provider MultiChoice using the Ku-band payload under a contract agreement with Intelsat