Intelsat Secures Launch Services for Intelsat X Series Satellites.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002 Intelsat LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced that it has signed two launch services contracts -- one with Boeing Launch Services for a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle and the second with International Launch Services International Launch Services (or ILS) was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between the United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LM) (LM sold their part later) and the Russian firms Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and RSC (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) for its Proton M/Breeze M vehicle -- for the launch of the two Intelsat X series satellites (10-01 and 10-02). The 10-01 and 10-02 satellites, manufactured by Astrium, are scheduled for launch during the second and third quarters of 2003. These spacecraft have a design life span of 13 years each and will be deployed over the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas region. The X series are the first Intelsat satellites to use plasma propulsion Plasma propulsion The imparting of thrust to a spacecraft through the acceleration of a plasma (ionized gas). A plasma can be accelerated by electrical means to exhaust velocities considerably higher than those attained by chemical rocks. for in-orbit station keeping. This more propellant-efficient design allows for an increase in the useful mass of the spacecraft by fifty percent over the Intelsat IX generation; this mass can be used for providing more transponders or more power per transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. . Both satellites will provide Internet, broadcast, corporate network and carrier solutions to Intelsat customers. The 10-01 is scheduled to be deployed at 310(0)E and has been designed to provide 23 Ku-band and 56 C-band transponders (measured in 36 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. equivalent units). The 10-02 is planned for the 359(0)E location with 36 Ku-band and 70 C-band transponders (measured in 36 MHZ equivalent units). E.i.r.p. power levels for the spacecraft are 37 dBW to 42 dBW for zone beams, 37 dBW to 41 dBW for hemi beams (Intelsat 10-02) and up to 54.9 dBW for spot beams. Conny Kullman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Intelsat, Ltd., stated, "We are pleased that there are a number of companies capable of providing Intelsat X launch services, which allows us to have flexibility and diversity in our launch vehicle choices. The launch of the Intelsat X series satellites will complete our nine-satellite launch campaign that we began last year. We are looking forward to working with both ILS and Sea Launch to ensure the successful launches of our X series spacecraft next year, as these are expected to be significant additions to our fleet." About Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. offers Internet, broadcast, telephony and corporate network solutions around the globe via capacity on 21 geosynchronous satellites in prime orbital locations. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories rely on Intelsat satellites and staff for quality connections, global reach and reliability. |
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