An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered two telecom Satellites, Intelsat-33e and Intelsat-36, into their planned orbits.
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It is the 58th Intelsat satellite launched by Arianespace.
Liftoff of flight VA232 occurred on 24 August at 22:16 GMT (19:16 local time, 00:16 CEST on 25 August) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Intelsat 36 is created to enhance the company’s media neighborhoods serving Africa and the Indian Ocean with Ku-band payload (supporting South Africa’s MultiChoice) and C-band payload (supporting in-orbit resilience for its video content distribution neighborhood). The Intelsat 33e satellite separated from the Rocket’s upper stage at 6:44 p.m. EDT, and signal acquisition has been confirmed.
“Intelsat 36 is a testament to our dedication to working closely with our customers in Africa”.
Israël added the partnership will continue next year with Arianespace’s launch of two more satellites, Intelsat 32e and Intelsat 37e.
The satellite’s Ku-band payload was built to support MultiChoice, while the C-band payload provides in-orbit resilience for Intelsat’s leading video content distribution neighbourhood at 68.5° E, it said.
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Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler said that the new satellite will allow MultiChoice to extend high-definition channels throughout sub-Saharan Africa. It will replace Intelsat 904, which will be redeployed. “Our first high throughput satellite, Intelsat 29e, is already in service and exceeding our customers’ expectations in the Americas”. Intelsat 33e also brings us one step closer to providing the first global, fully interoperable wide beam and high throughput Ku-band Broadband service.
