Intelsat is a multinational satellite services provider, delivering services to commercial, governmental, and military organizations. Operating one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, the company offers video broadcasting, broadband connectivity, and secure satellite communications. Intelsat partners with organizations like Vodafone, Gilat Satellite Networks, and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and works with launch providers such as Arianespace and International Launch Services to manage its satellite program from design and construction through launch and in-orbit operations.
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Intelsat contracted Maxar to manufacture the next-generation Intelsat 40e geostationary communications satellite, which is currently in assembly.
Maxar has built nearly 60 spacecraft for Intelsat since the 1970s, including Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36.
Intelsat will use Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 to transfer services uninterrupted as part of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to reallocate parts of the C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg terrestrial wireless services.
Intelsat successfully launched Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36, geosynchronous communications satellites.
Intelsat contracted Maxar to manufacture the next-generation Intelsat 40e geostationary communications satellite, which is currently in assembly.
Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 are geostationary satellites that will enable Intelsat to transfer its services uninterrupted as part of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to reallocate parts of the C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg terrestrial wireless services.
Maxar recently built Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 for Intelsat, and those satellites successfully launched on 2022-11-12 and are currently being commissioned for operations.
Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 were built by Maxar Technologies for Intelsat and were launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace’s launch base in French Guiana.
Intelsat ordered five C-band satellites from Maxar in 2020 to support its C-band spectrum transition.
SpaceX launched the first four satellites in Intelsat’s C-band clearing plan over two separate missions earlier 2022.
Intelsat 37, the final satellite in Intelsat’s C-band spectrum-clearing strategy, is slated to launch in June on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 are part of Intelsat’s Galaxy fleet refresh plan and are the fifth and sixth of seven new Intelsat satellites launching as part of that plan.
Maxar built Intelsat’s Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 satellites.
Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 are the fifth and sixth of seven satellites Intelsat has ordered to help clear C-band spectrum for terrestrial 0.005 kg services.
The two Intelsat satellites will collectively weigh close to 8,000 kg at launch and will be placed into the requested geostationary transfer orbit.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, on the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025.
Intelsat will use Kratos’ OpenSpace Platform to support its upcoming software-defined satellites and supporting ground network.
Launching IS-41 and IS-44 on Ariane 6 is intended to extend Intelsat’s 0.005 kg global reach and Media neighborhoods with high-speed, dynamically allocated connectivity across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for commercial and government mobility customers and cellular network backhaul.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, on the Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025.
The Ariane 5 mission scheduled for 2022-12-13 is set to launch two C‑band replacement satellites for Intelsat and a spacecraft for Eumetsat.