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The Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 satellite has a mass of 3,500 kg and was built by Space Systems Loral.
The Ariane 5 launch on 2018-09-25 carried the Horizons-3e and Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 satellites.
The 2018-09-25 launch completed Intelsat’s Epic series of six high-throughput satellites designed for global broadband and connectivity services.
Luxembourg- and Washington-based Intelsat confirmed signal acquisition from both Horizons-3e and Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 shortly after separation.
Intelsat’s Ku-band portion of Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 provides broadband connectivity for corporate networks and government services in Africa.
Azercosmos’ half of Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 is the company’s second telecom satellite, with Azerspace-1 being its first launched in 2013 on an Ariane 5.
Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 was originally due to launch in late May but was delayed when ISRO withdrew the GSAT-11 co-passenger for additional inspections.
The IntelsatOne Flex platform serves more than 1,000 of the more than 7,500 vessels using Intelsat satellites.
The Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 condosat launch, originally planned for May, will now launch in September together with Horizons-3e.
SES, together with Intelsat, Intel, and Eutelsat, submitted a plan to U.S. regulators offering 100 megahertz of C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg cellular networks.
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems was chosen to build Intelsat’s Galaxy-30 GEO satellite.
Intelsat, SES, Intel, and Eutelsat support a plan to free up 100 megahertz of C-band provided new users cover the cost of migrating customers and lost opportunities.
Orbital ATK’s first Mission Extension Vehicle, MEV-1, is slated to launch in early next year to dock with Intelsat-901 and take over orbital station-keeping duties, extending the satellite’s service life by several years.
Orbital ATK completed successful compatibility assessments between MEV-1 and Intelsat-901.
Intelsat operates more than 50 geostationary satellites.
In 2011, Intelsat signed a contract with MDA Corp., now part of Maxar Technologies, for a satellite-servicing mission that never materialized.
Intelsat launched the high-throughput Intelsat-37e satellite in September to serve the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
MEV-1 and Intelsat-901 will spend two to three months in a graveyard orbit about 300 km above the geostationary arc to conduct tests before climbing back down under MEV-1’s control and returning to commercial service in 2019.
Intelsat will launch the Horizons-3e satellite, co-owned with Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan, later in 2018 to provide HTS capacity over Asia.
SES backed the Intelsat and Intel proposal by agreeing to clear only 100 MHz of C-band instead of the full 500 MHz allocated for satellite in the U.S.