Mission type Communications COSPAR ID 2015-039A Mission duration 15 years (planned) Launch date 18 August 2015 Inclination 0.03° Manufacturer SSL | Operator Intelsat SATCAT no. 40874 Bus SSL 1300 Inclination 0.03° Period 24 hours Launch site Guiana Space Centre | |
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Similar Intelsat 14, Intelsat 11, Intelsat 21, Eutelsat 8 West B, Intelsat 1R | ||
INTELSAT 34 or IS-34 is communications satellite built on Space Systems/Loral's 1300-series satellite platform. The satellite broadcasts television to homes in Brazil, distributes video programming for companies like HBO and Fox across Latin America, and beams Internet broadband services to travelers aboard airplanes and ships crossing the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Intelsat 34, unlike its predecessor, does not include the UHF-band that Intelsat had been unable to sell to its intended customer, the U.S. Department of Defense.
Liftoff of arianespace s ariane 5 with eutelsat 8 west b and intelsat 34
Launch
Intelsat 34 is the 50th Loral-built satellite launched for Intelsat. With a launch mass of 7,275 pounds - about 3.3 metric tons - Intelsat 34 is a replacement for the Intelsat 27 spacecraft lost aboard a Sea Launch mission in 2013. It took over service from the Galaxy 11 and Intelsat 805 spacecraft in orbit, the company's last two relay stations that had been launched before 2000.