The Intelsat 16 (IS-16) satellite built for Intelsat will provide Direct-To-Home (DTH) transponder capacity for DirecTV subsidiaries. IS-16 will provide expansion capacity for SKY Mexico offering High Definition (HD) services and delivering news, sports and entertainment programming to its direct-to-home viewers. In addition, IS-16 will be available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil. Located at 58 degrees West Longitude, the spacecraft features a high-power Ku-band payload, two deployable reflectors and one super-elliptical, deck mounted antenna. Intelsat 16 is one of ten Orbital STAR GEO communications satellites ordered by Intelsat.
Performance:
Ku-band
Repeater: Two groups of 12-for-9 transponders with linearized traveling wave tube assemblies
Antennas: 2.3m dual gridded deployable transmit antenna and one 0.9m dual gridded deck mounted receive antenna
Stabilization: 3-axis stabilized; zero momentum system
Launch Mass: 2,450 kg (5,401 lb.)
Mission Life: 15 years (fueled for 16 years)
Status:
Successfully launched February 11, 2010
Coverage: The Americas
Customer: Intelsat - Luxembourg
Mission: Ku-band Direct-to-Home Television broadcasting for Mexico and Brazil
