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Dedicated Mission

Intelsat-15 (IS-15, JCSAT-85) at 85° East


Launch date

30 November 2009

Position

85° East

Manufacturer

Orbital ATK

Operators

Intelsat SKY Perfect JSAT

Launch operator

Sea Launch

Launch vehicle

Zenit 3SLB

Expected lifetime

15 Years

Regions

Asia Pacific Region
Middle East Region

Intelsat 15 (IS-15) communications satellite is owned by satellite operator Intelsat and was constructed by Orbital Sciences Corp. (Orbital ATK – Northrop Grumman), based on their Star-2.4 space bus.

The satellite, located at 85° East longitude in geostationary orbit, provides services to the Asia-Pacific, Indian Ocean and Middle-East regions. IS-15 was launched on November 30th 2009 on a Zenit 3SLB rocket, operated by Land Launch, in conjunction with Sea Launch, from Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site in Kazachstan.

IS-15 has 22 active Ku-band transponders and eight spares. In April 2007 satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT agreed with Intelsat for the lease of five of the spare transponders. The JSAT payload would be marketed as JCSAT-85.

Dedicated Mission

Intelsat-15 (IS-15, JCSAT-85) at 85° East


Orbital built Intelsat-15 satellite
Zenit-3SLB on train to launch site
Land Launch Zenit rocket ready for launch
Intelsat-15 satellite in orbit

Dedicated Mission

Intelsat-15 (IS-15, JCSAT-85) at 85° East


Intelsat-15 Middle-East Footprint
Intelsat-15 Russia Footprint
JCSAT-85 Footprint