Intelsat-7 [SSL]
The nine high-powered Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) spacecraft of the Intelsat 7/7A program, which provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services, have been launched and are in orbit.
The Intelsat 7 communications payload architecture evolved from SS/L's Intelsat-5 series and consists of two independent communications subsystems, which can be cross-strapped and operate at C-band (4/6 GHz) and Ku-band (11/14 GHz). Total end-of-life solar array transmitter power generated by an Intelsat 7 is 3600 watts.
The Intelsat 7 spacecraft are based on SS/L's three-axis, body-stabilized SSL-1300 bus, whose modular design has proven its worth during some 290 years of cumulative on-orbit service, close to one-half of the total of 650 years amassed by SS/L satellites to date.
Intelsat 7 spacecraft were launched on Ariane-44LP H10, Ariane-44LP H10+, Ariane-44P H10-3 and Atlas-2AS vehicles.
SS/L's team members for the successful Intelsat 7 programs were Aerospatiale and Alcatel Telcom of France, Alenia, Italy, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) and NEC of Japan.
Intelsat 702 was retired in 2016 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.
Nation: | International, Netherlands (NSS) |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | Intelsat / New Skies (NSS) |
Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
Equipment: | 26 C-band transponders, 10 Ku-band transponders |
Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
Propulsion: | R-4D-11 |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 3695 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Intelsat 701 | 1993-066A | 22.10.1993 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44LP H10 | ||
Intelsat 702 | 1994-034A | 17.06.1994 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44LP H10+ | with STRV 1A, STRV 1B | |
Intelsat 703 → NSS 703 | 1994-064A | 06.10.1994 | CC LC-36B | Atlas-2AS | ||
Intelsat 704 | 1995-001A | 10.01.1995 | CC LC-36B | Atlas-2AS | ||
Intelsat 705 | 1995-013A | 22.03.1995 | CC LC-36B | Atlas-2AS | ||
Intelsat 709 | 1996-035A | 15.06.1996 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44P H10-3 |