Communications
INTELSAT 20 (IS-20)
OperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 2, 2012 at 08:54 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Intelsat 20 & HYLAS 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,094 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,989 kg
- Power
- 19,300 W
- Design lifetime
- 18 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-043A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38740
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 1.2308 m²
- Status
- Operational
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