Intelsat 32E (SkyBrasil-1)

Launch data:

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Airbus Defence and Space Platform  Eurostar-3000X Operator  AT&T/DirectTV Latin America / Intelsat Mass at launch  6000 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  81 Ku and Ka-band transponders, 21 Ka-band transponders Solar array  2 deployable solar arrays Stabilization   Propulsion  ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters DC power  16000 W Design lifetime  19 yrs

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Description:

• The Intelsat 32e (IS-32e) satellite, which hosts the SKY Brasil-1 payload, is a DTH satellite. DIRECTV will utilize the SKY Brasil-1 payload capacity to expand the delivery of high definition, 3-D television and cinema programming throughout Brazil. For YahSat, a Ka-band payload will be on board.
• It is owned by DirecTV Latin America, designed to cover Brazil with high-definition television broadcast capacity from a position along the equator at 43.1 degrees west longitude. The satellite, fitted with 60 Ku-band transponders, weighs more than 13,000 pounds (about 6 metric tons) with a full load of fuel. Expected to operate for at least 15 years—and with enough fuel for more than 20 years — SKY BRASIL 1 (a.k.a. Intelsat 32e) will replace the aging Intelsat 9 satellite currently occupying the 43.1 degrees west location, and augment services currently provided by the Intelsat 11 spacecraft in the same geostationary slot.

Mission details:

• The VA235 flight placed two satellites in geotransfer orbit: SkyBrasil-1 for AT&T/DirectTV Latin America and Intelsat (which calls the satellite Intelsat-32e), and Telkom-3S for the Indonesian operator Telkom.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou

Headquarter cancel Paris