Orbital Intelsat 16 - Manual

Communications
Mission Description
The Intelsat 16 (IS-16) satellite built for Intelsat provides Direct-To-Home (DTH) transponder capacity for
DirecTV subsidiaries. IS-16 provides expansion capacity for SKY Mexico offering High Definition (HD)
services and delivering news, sports and entertainment programming to its direct-to-home viewers.
In addition, IS-16 is available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil. Located at 58 degrees West
Longitude, the spacecraft features a high-power Ku-band payload, two 2.3 meter deployable reflectors
and one 1.2 meter super-elliptical, deck mounted antenna.
GEOStar ™ Satellites for Intelsat
Intelsat 16 is one of ten Orbital GEOStar communications satellites ordered by Intelsat.
Coverage:
The Americas
Mission:
Ku-band communications
Customer:
Intelsat
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Intelsat 16
Ku-band Commercial Communications Satellite for Intelsat
GEO
Intelsat 16 in Orbital’s Dulles, Virginia satellite
manufacturing facility
• Galaxy 12
• Galaxy 14
• Galaxy 15
• Horizons-2
• Intelsat 11
• Intelsat 15
• Intelsat 16
• Intelsat 18
• Intelsat 23
• Intelsat 28