Intelsat 21
Intelsat 21 [Boeing BSS]
Intelsat Ltd. announced in July 2009 that it had ordered the Intelsat 21 (IS 21) communications satellite from Boeing Satellite Systems. It was launched in 2012, and replaced the Intelsat 9 satellite at 58º West Longitude.
The payload is powered by two solar wings, each with four panels of ultra triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Intelsat |
| Contractors: | Boeing Satellite Systems |
| Equipment: | 24 C-band transponders, 36 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | BSS-702MP |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15+ years |
| Mass: | 5984 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelsat 21 | 19.08.2012 | SL | Zenit-3SL (2) |
References:
- Boeing: Intelsat
Further Intelsat missions:
- Intelsat-1 1 (HS-303)
- Intelsat-2 1, 2, 3, 4 (HS-303)
- Intelsat-3 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Intelsat-4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (HS-312)
- Intelsat-4A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (HS-353)
- Intelsat-5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Intelsat-5A 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Intelsat-6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (HS-389)
- Intelsat-7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 (LS-1300)
- Intelsat-7A 6, 7, 8 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat-8 1, 2, 3, 4 (AS-7000)
- Intelsat-8A 5, 6 (AS-7000)
- Intelsat-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (SSL-1300HL)
- Intelsat-10 01 (Eurostar-3000)
- Intelsat-10 02 (Eurostar-3000)
- Intelsat Americas 5, 6, 7 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat Americas 8 (SSL-1300S)
- Intelsat Americas 9 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat Americas 13 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat-APR 1 (Spacebus-3000A)
- Intelsat-APR 2 (I-3K Bus)
- Intelsat-APR 3 (Eurostar-2000+)
- Intelsat K (AS-5000)
- Intelsat K-TV (Eurostar-2000+)
- Intelsat 1R (HS-702)
- Intelsat 2, 3R, 4 (HS-601)
- Intelsat 5 (HS-601HP)
- Intelsat 6B (HS-601HP)
- Intelsat 7 (LS-1300)
- Intelsat 8 (LS-1300)
- Intelsat 9, 10 (HS-601HP)
- Intelsat 11 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 12 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 14 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 15 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 16 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 17 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 18 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 19 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 20 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 21 (BSS-702MP)
- Intelsat 22 (BSS-702MP)
- Intelsat 23 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 24 (AMOS-Bus)
- Intelsat 25 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 26 (HS-601)
- Intelsat 27 (BSS-702MP)
- Intelsat 28 (Star-2)
- Intelsat 29e (BSS-702MP)
- Intelsat 30, 31 (SSL-1300)
- Intelsat 33e (BSS-702MP)
- Intelsat 34
- New Dawn (Star-2)
