Horizons 3e entered service in early 2019, completing Intelsat’s Epic series of six high-throughput broadband satellites in geostationary orbit.
Galaxy 16, Horizons 3e, JCSAT-RA, and other similar geostationary satellites are designed with enough fuel to operate for around 15 years.
Horizons 3e is a Boeing-built C- and Ku-band satellite.
The deployment of the iDirect Evolution platform in conjunction with Intelsat’s Horizons 3e satellite will enable broadband service expansion and improve connectivity for schools, government offices, municipal users, and island communities in the Philippines.
Arianespace Flight VA243 in September 2018 launched the Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 satellites.
Arianespace launched Sky Perfect JSAT’s first high-throughput satellite Horizons-3e on an Ariane 5 rocket in 2017.
Horizons-3e provides high-throughput coverage in C- and Ku-band over the Asia-Pacific region.
The Ariane 5 launch on 2018-09-25 carried the Horizons-3e and Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 satellites.
The Horizons-3e satellite has a mass of 6,400 kg and was manufactured by Boeing.
Luxembourg- and Washington-based Intelsat confirmed signal acquisition from both Horizons-3e and Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 shortly after separation.
The Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 condosat launch, originally planned for May, will now launch in September together with Horizons-3e.
Intelsat will launch the Horizons-3e satellite, co-owned with Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan, later in 2018 to provide HTS capacity over Asia.
Sky Perfect JSAT has two geostationary high-throughput satellites, JCSAT-18 and Horizons-3e, under construction.