Orbital Intelsat 15 User Manual

Intelsat 15, Mission description, Geostar

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Communications

Mission Description

The Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite manufactured for Intelsat replaced Intelsat 709 positioned at 85 degrees
East Longitude. The high power Ku-band payload provides video and data services for the Middle East,
Indian Ocean regions and Russia. Based on Orbital’s GEOStar-2™ spacecraft bus, IS-15 produces 4.6
kilowatts of payload power and features two 2.3 meter dual grid deployable reflectors as well as one
1.4 meter deck-mounted antenna.

GEOStar

Satellites for Intelsat

Intelsat 15 is one of ten Orbital GEOStar communications satellites ordered by Intelsat.

Coverage:

Middle East, Indian Ocean Region and
Russia

Mission:

Ku-band video and data services

Customer:

Intelsat

FACTS AT A GLANCE

Intelsat 15 in Orbital’s Dulles, Virginia satellite
manufacturing facility

Intelsat 15

Ku-band Commercial Communications Satellite for Intelsat

GEO

• Galaxy 12

• Galaxy 14

• Galaxy 15

• Horizons-2

• Intelsat 11

• Intelsat 15

• Intelsat 16

• Intelsat 18

• Intelsat 23

• Intelsat 28

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