Team Spirit as Fuel Operations Completed

The Intelsat New Dawn satellite successfully completed all the fueling operations today and will be getting ready to start the combined operations. The satellite weighed in at a trim and fit 3000.0 Kilograms, just as Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) had predicted.


Yahsat, our co-passenger, will be in the upper position and will be deployed first once we reach our target orbit. Intelsat New Dawn will deploy a few minutes later. We will be spending the next few weeks with the Yahsat team as we are now in joint operations and anything that happens will affect both spacecraft schedules.


Contributor:
Brian Sing, Satellite Mission Director, Intelsat New Dawn