Satellite
service provider Intelsat S.A. recently announced that a Proton
launch vehicle operated by International Launch Services (ILS)
successfully boosted the Intelsat 23 C-/Ku-band satellite into orbit.
The
ILS Proton rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on October 14. Intelsat has confirmed signal acquisition
of Intelsat 23 nine and a half hours after the successful launch.
Intelsat
23 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and deployed to replace
the aging Intelsat 707 at the 307 degrees East orbital slot. It was
designed for an anticipated service life of more than 18 years.
Its
mixed payload of transponders will deliver improved capacity for
enterprise, oil and gas, and data networking applications in four
continents. Intelsat 23's C-band transponders will refresh capacity
for customers in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Its Ku-band
transponders will similarly improve capacity for Latin America.
Intelsat
23 is the last Intelsat satellite to be launched this year and the
second-to-the last component of the Company's global broadband
mobility platform. The next satellite, Intelsat 27, will complete
Intelsat's current fleet replacement and expansion program when it is
launched in the first quarter of 2013.
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