Intelsat 17: Construction Facts & Images

Intelsat 17 is a large satellite, weighing 5,500 kg at launch. It will embark 3,160 kg of fuel that will allow us to operate it in “station-kept mode” for over 17 years.

The satellite carries four deployable side antennas and one fixed earth deck antenna. It also hosts a steerable Ku-band antenna. The cruciform solar arrays of 5 panels each will provide 12.5 kW of power after 15 years, more than enough to operate the 8.8kW of payload power of the 49 active transponders.

Intelsat 17 will be the 45th satellite built by Space Systems/Loral to join our fleet.

Pictured Below: Intelsat-17 in Center of Gravity / Moment of Inertia (CG/MOI) measurements testing at the Space Systems/Loral satellite manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, Calif.