22 January 2010

Intelsat 16 arrives at Baikonur Cosmodrome

 

The Intelsat 16 satellite arrived at Yubileiny Airfield on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in an Antonov cargo plane this morning. The satellite, built by Orbital Sciences Corporation on a Star-2 Bus and owned by Intelsat will be launched on February 12 at 3.49am Moscow time by ILS Proton-M launch vehicle. The IS-16 will be located at 58 degrees West Longitude. The high-power Ku-band payload will provide expansion capacity for SKY Mexico offering High Definition services and delivering news, sports and entertainment programming to its direct-to-home viewers. In addition, IS-16 will be available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil.


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