Following a battery of in-orbit tests, the Intelsat 15 satellite will serve customers in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean Region and Russia, for an expected life span of 17 years.
[news release]
01 December 2009
Intelsat 15 Launch Successful
The Intelsat 15 satellite was successfully launched at 4:00 p.m. EST on Monday, November 30, 2009 aboard a Land Launch Zenit-3SLB rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Acquisition of telemetry from the satellite was confirmed at 10:28 p.m. EST.
Following a battery of in-orbit tests, the Intelsat 15 satellite will serve customers in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean Region and Russia, for an expected life span of 17 years.
[news release]
Following a battery of in-orbit tests, the Intelsat 15 satellite will serve customers in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean Region and Russia, for an expected life span of 17 years.
[news release]
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What is the orbital location of this satellite?
Upon completion of in-orbit testing, the Intelsat 15 satellite is slated to replace the Intelsat 709 satellite at 85º East.
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