Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:20:00
Wednesday January 27, 2016
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Flight VA228.
Intelsat 29e, also known as IS-29e is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing on the BSS-702MP platform. It is the first satellite of the EpicNG service and covers CONUS, Latin America, and North America from the 50° West longitude, where it has replaced Intelsat 1R. It has also replaced Intelsat 805, which was moved from 56.5° West to 169° East. It has a mixed C band, Ku band, and Ka-band payload with all bands featuring wide and the Ku also featuring spot beams.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,552 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESAPrice
$200.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 53m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 10,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
15,120 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 17m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
84th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
234th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
4th
Orbital launch attempt