ICO G1

Launch data: Designation  32763 / 08016A Launch date  14 Apr 2008 - 20:12 UT Launch site  CC, SLC-41 Launch vehicle  Atlas-V 421 (#AV-014) Mission  Commercial: Communications Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35773 x 35799 km Eccentricity  3,08E-04 Inclination  5.73 deg Period  1436.1 min

Mission details:

• The ICO G1 satellite was launched by a Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 model 421 (serial AV-014) on Apr 14. The satellite is a Loral 1300 with a launch mass of 6600 kg and will provide mobile communications services for ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd based in Reston, Virginia. ICO is a successor company to Teledesic and to the old ICO Global Communications of London, which lost one satellite to a launch failure in 2000.
• ICO launched a second Hughes satellite in 2001 to a medium altitude orbit, and keeps ten more in storage. Meanwhile, ICO G1 is switching to a more conventional geostationary service.