Intelsat selects Boeing 702MP platform for Intelsat 29e EpicNG satellite
Intelsat S.A. has decided that its Intelsat 29e satellite -the first of the powerful Intelsat EpicNG fleet- will be a modified Boeing 702MP platform and the last of a four-satellite order.
According to Thierry Guillemin, SVP and chief technical officer for Intelsat, Intelsat EpicNG will provide an advanced architecture dedicated to the growing fixed and mobile communications needs of their customers. The EpicNG satellites will achieve this through reusing multi-band frequency, creating a high-performance solution that provides compatibility with previous, current, and future satellite communications systems.
The launch schedule for Intelsat 29e has been set for 2015. The new high-throughput satellite will bring high-performance satellite communications to a huge area that encompasses North and South America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the North Atlantic aeronautical route.
Intelsat EpicNG will provide satellite broadband infrastructure for wireless and fixed telecommunications, enterprise, mobility, video, and government applications. The new Intelsat platform will serve as a complementary high-throughput overlay to the company’s fleet of operational satellites. EpicNG will offer excellent flexibility and connectivity through a combination of multiple frequency bands (C, Ku, and Ka,) wide beams, and spot beams.
Intelsat 29e completes Intelsat’s four-satellite order with Boeing. The first satellite in that order, Intelsat 22, has been operating flawlessly in its geostationary orbit for more than five months. The next one, Intelsat 21, is now going through in-orbit testing after its recent launch. Intelsat 27 will be launched within the first quarter of next year.
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