Intelsat 29e

Intelsat 29e
NamesIS-29e
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorIntelsat
COSPAR ID2016-004A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.41308 [1]
WebsiteIntelsat IS-29e
Mission duration15 years (planned)
3 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftIntelsat 29e
Spacecraft typeBoeing 702
BusBoeing 702MP
ManufacturerBoeing Satellite Development Center
Launch mass6,552 kg (14,445 lb)
Dimensions7.5 m × 3 m × 2 m (24.6 ft × 9.8 ft × 6.6 ft)
Power15.8 kW
Start of mission
Launch date27 January 2016, 23:20 UTC
RocketAriane 5 ECA (VA-228)
Launch siteCentre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3
ContractorArianespace
End of mission
Last contact8 April 2019
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeosynchronous orbit
Longitude50° West
Transponders
Band77 transponders:
20 C-band
56 Ku-band
1 Ka-band
BandwidthC-band: 864 MHz
Ku-band: 9,395 MHz
Ka-band: 450 MHz
Coverage areaUnited States, Latin America, North America

Intelsat 29e, also known as IS-29e was a high throughput (HTS) geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing Satellite Development Center on the BSS 702MP satellite bus.[2][3] It is the first satellite of the EpicNG service, and covers North America and Latin America from the 50° West longitude, where it replaced Intelsat 1R. It also replaced Intelsat 805 which was moved from 56.5° West to 169° East.[4][5] It has a mixed C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band payload with all bands featuring wide and the Ku- also featuring spot beams.[2][3][6]

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