**Europe*Star 1 --> PAS 12 --> Intelsat 12**

**Europe*Star --> Intelsat**

Spacecraft n°:

Europe*Star spacecraft n°: 1

Also called: Intelsat 12, Europe*Star FM1, IS-12 and PAS-12

Launch data:

Designation	26590 / 00068A
Launch date	29 Oct 2000 - 05:59 UT
Launch site	Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle	Ariane-44LP (V134)
Mission	Commercial: Communications
Geostationary orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	35776 x 35796 km
Eccentricity	2,37E-04
Inclination	0 deg
Period	1436.09 min

Specifications

Prime contractor	Alcatel Space Industries (with SS/L providing the bus, the tests and integration)
Platform	FS-1300
Operator	Europe*Star (Loral Global Alliance) --> PanAmSat
Mass at launch	4167 kg
Dry mass	1729 kg
Dimension	2.7 x 5.5 x 3.5 m (24.7 m width deployed)
Solar array	2 deployable solar arrays, 9.72 m span
Stabilization	3-axis
Equipment	30 Ku-band transponders
DC power	BOL: 12000 W EOL: 9900 W
Design active lifetime	18 yrs -still active

Location:

Date	Position	Remarks
	45°E
July 2010	45.04° E

Payload provided by Alcatel (delivered to SS/L in Oct 1999)

Ku-band

Main transponders	30
Backup transponders	11
Power	140 W (TWTA)
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage	5 spot beams
EIRP max	Europe: 54.7dBW (8-9 transp.) Middle-East: 53.8 dBW (3-4 transp.) South Africa: 55.1 dBW (6 transp.) India: 54.3 dBW (8 transp.) South East Asia: 55.1 dBW (4 transp.)
G/T max	Europe: +8.1 dB/K Middle-East: +8.8 dB/K South Africa: +9.5 dB/K India: +8.7 dB/K South East Asia: +9.1 dB/K
Polarization	linear H/V
Frequencies	12/14 GHz

The frequency plan is obscur. The frequencies below are used (or usable) on all the beams. One polarity per beam (it is unknown wether it is cross- or co-pol). The opposite polarity will be used on Europe*Star 2.

Interconnexion matrix not provided.

Frequency chart (GHz)

Uplink	Channel	Downlink
14.018	1	11.468
14.059	2	11.509
14.100	3	11.550
14.141	4	11.591
24.182	5	11.632
14.223	6	11.673
14.268	7	12.527
14.309	8	12.568
14.350	9	12.609
14.391	10	12.650
14.432	11	12.691
14.473	12	12.732

2 beacons: 11.6970 & 11.6975 V GHz

Description:

Europe*Star 1 provides coverage within and between Europe, Southern Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia. With an all Ku-band payload delivering over 52 dBW across all five footprints, Europe*Star 1 is uniquely positioned to deliver broadband services into small dishes throughout some of the most commercially and culturally significant trading regions in the eastern hemisphere.
The system offers flexible beam switching between the five uplink and downlink footprints, with transponder-by- transponder connectivity enabling Powerful Connections both within and between each region.
SS/L is sub-contractor for Alcatel Space for manufacturing and Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) of a spacecraft with a capacity of 30 channels in the Ku-band at 36 MHz.
In July 2005, Europe*Star 1 was sold to PanAmSat and the name was changed to PAS 12. When Intelsat bought PanAmSat, they changed the name of the PAS 12 satellite to Intelsat 12 effective to 1. February 2007.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou

Headquarter cancel Paris

Credit covers: J.VdDr.

Ref.: #7, #14, #15, #226, #415 - update: 04.11.19

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